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ID: 500023229
 		 Record Type: Person
Genthe, Arnold (American photographer, 1869-1942)

Note: Genthe emigrated to San Francisco in 1895, and from 1897 to 1906 operated a studio in the Chinese district of the city. From 1902 to 1911, he ran another studio in Carmel. Genthe photographed the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco. He later operated a portrait studio in New York City from 1911 to 1942. Genthe became an American citizen in 1918. In 1925, Genthe photographed the architecture of New Orleans, Louisiana. He also worked as a freelance magazine photographer and was associated with the California Camera Club. American photographer.

Names:
Genthe, Arnold (preferred,V,index,LC)
Arnold Genthe (V,display)
Genthe, Dr. Arnold (V)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)
German

Roles:
artist (preferred)
photographer

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Berlin (Berlin state, Germany) (inhabited place)
Died:  New Milford (Litchfield county, Connecticut, United States) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   1895-1911  San Francisco (San Francisco county, California, United States) (inhabited place)
active:   1911-1942  New York City (New York state, United States) (inhabited place)

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Genthe, Arnold (I)

Biographies:
(American photographer, 1869-1942) ..... [VP Preferred]
(artist, 1869-1942) ..... [GRL]
(American photographer, 1869-1942) ..... [Grove Art]
(American photographer, 1869-1942) ..... [AVERY]
(American (b. Germany), 1869-1942) ..... [JPGM]
(American and German photographer; born Berlin (Germany), 1869; died New Milford (Connecticut, United States), 1942) ..... [CCA]
(American photographer, 1869-1942) ..... [BHA]

Sources and Contributors:
Arnold Genthe ........ [CCA, VP]
............................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Genthe, Arnold ........ [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CCA Preferred, GRL Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, JPGM Preferred, VP Preferred]
..............................  Avery Authority files (1963-)
..............................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..............................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
..............................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79023226
..............................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Genthe, Dr. Arnold ........ [VP]
.....................................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database

Subject: ........ [AVERY, BHA, CCA, GRL, Grove Art, JPGM, VP]
....................  Auer, Encyclopédie des Photographes (1985)
....................  Canadian Centre for Architecture database
....................  Eastman House Database [online] (n.d.)
....................  Gernsheim, History of Photography from the Camera Obscura (1969) (1868-1942)
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 18 October 2005
....................  J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
....................  Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.)
....................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
....................  MoMA, Library Catalog (1976)
....................  Naylor, Contemporary Photographers (1988)
....................  New York times obituary, 1942 Aug 11
....................  Newhall, History of Photography (1982)
....................  Sandweiss, Nineteenth-Century Photography in America (1991) 323
 
Note:
English .......... [AVERY, CCA, VP]
.......... Auer, Encyclopédie des Photographes (1985)
.......... Eastman House Database [online] (n.d.)
.......... Naylor, Contemporary Photographers (1988)
.......... New York times obituary, 1942 Aug 11
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