| Title |
Kramm, Gustavus |
| Date |
ca. 1807 - August 16, 1864 |
| Description |
Gustavus Kramm, born ca. 1807 in Frankfurt-au-Main, Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia between the 1830s and
1850s. During the 1830s Kramm worked in New York City and Philadelphia before moving to Philadelphia ca. 1844 where he remained
in the profession until 1854. During his early career, he lithographed a number of sheet music covers, including "Les Extraordinaires
Paganini Quadrille" and worked for the Philadelphia firm Lehman & Duval (1835-1836). In 1851, he operated from the studio
of L. N. Rosenthal at the S.E. corner of Third and Dock Streets. Between 1849 and 1852, he worked on a number of maps, including
collaborations with George Worley on the "Map of Burlington County" (R.P. Smith, 1849) and "Map of the City of Philadelphia"
(A. McElroy, 1852). He lived in Philadelphia at 1 Emslie's Alley and 27 Wharton Street and was married to Sarah (b. ca. 1818),
and had three children. In his later years, he lived in Cincinnati, St. Louis, Missouri, and Iowa where he joined the 37th
Iowa in 1863. He was accidentally killed at Memphis, Tennessee on August 16, 1864.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Lehman & Duval; Rosenthal, L. N.; and Worley, George. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census, 1850 and 1860 |
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Groce & Wallace, 377 |
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Haverstack, Artists in Ohio, 499 |
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Levy, Picture the Songs, 20 |
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Merrill, 142 |
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Peters, 256 |
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Philadelphia City Directories 1844-1857; 1849-1854 (intermittently) |
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WWWAA, |
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Young, 270 |
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WWWAA, 1899 |
