| Title |
Spohni, George |
| Alternate title |
Spooney, George |
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Spohne, George |
| Date |
b. ca. 1822 |
| Description |
George Spohni, born in France ca. 1822, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia between ca. 1850 and ca. 1870. Spohni, was
married to Barbara (b. ca. 1822), a native of Germany, with whom he had seven children, including two lithographer sons Herman
(b. ca. 1843) and Charles (b. ca. 1847) and a son George who died in 1872 at 27 years of age.
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During the 1850s, Spohni resided in Philadelphia and worked at the firm of Thomas Sinclair, including a period of time with
his son Charles, at 311 Chestnut Street. By the following decade, he relocated to a Camden residence and was employed at the
firm of Jacob Haehnlen (418 Library Street). Between 1867 and 1868, Spohni worked on a number of historical lithographs, including
"The Wedding of Pocohontas" (1867) published by Joseph Hoover and "Washington's Reception at the White House" (1867) published
by Thomas Kelly of New York. After 1869, Spohni appears to work as a sole proprietor of a lithographic business from 123 South
Third Street.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Haehnlen, Jacob; Hoover, Joseph; and Sinclair, Thomas |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850, 1860 and 1870 |
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Groce & Wallace, 597 (listed as Spohn) |
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Philadelphia City Directories, 1855-1869 (intermittently) |
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Peters, 393 |
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WWWAA, 3128 (listed as Spohn) |
