Category: Hertha
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A Benz
This is a picture of my grandfather, Fritz Hertha, and a woman, who I expect is the owner of the car. I have yet to be able to identify the woman, however, she appears in several photographs in my grandparent’s photo albums. This leads me to conclude that she is either a friend or family…
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“Rundfahrten”
Looking at old photographs it is often difficult to figure out when and where they were taken. In these cases, one needs to look at the objects in the picture. Automobiles provide good clues, yet these clues often point you in unexpected directions. This post begins a series of posts on using automobiles to elicit…
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The Boarding House
My Grandfather, Fritz Hertha, received his Abitur in 1911. He would have been 18 years old. He then worked for his uncle, Albin Hertha, who was a doll manufacturer. Max Hertha, Fritz’s father, worked for the American chainstore, F.W. Woolworths, and was involved in exporting toys, dolls and other things, to the United States. On…
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Family Photo Albums
In this tutorial I cover two topics on dealing with traditional (paper-based) family photo albums: I have a collection of family photo albums from both sets of grandparents, my parents and then for my wife and I. We are now collecting photographs of our grandchildren. To this point I have scanned some 1628 photographs dating…
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Christmas 1944
We are very lucky and thankful to be able to enjoy a wonderful Christmas. This is not the same for many, such as those in war-torn countries. In 2017 I digitized a number of 16 mm films my grandfather had made, and one was of their Christmas celebration from 1944. Given the work I am…