1896 photo of by-then-former United States President Benjamin Harrison, including their copyright notice.
1907 Pach Brothers photo of George Foster Peabody, now in the Library of Congress.

The Pach Brothers was a family-run photography studio by German-born brothers Gustavus and Gotthelf Pach. The brothers have photographed portraits of many notable figures, such as former United States president Benjamin Harrison; and American banker George Foster Peabody. The brother Gotthelf is the father of famed German-American painter Walter Pach.

History

It was founded by the German-born brothers Gustavus Pach (1848–1904), Gotthelf Pach (1852–1925) and Morris Pach (1837–1914). Patrons included famous and ordinary Americans involved in business, politics, government, medicine, law, education, and the arts, as well as thousands of students, families and children who sat for Pach cameras from 1866 onward.

There was a fire in 1895, which destroyed their New York studio and processing rooms as well as their entire negative archive.[1]

The Pach Brothers firm continued photographing for another hundred years until their dissolution in 1994.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Blaze Began in Photos. Pach Brothers' Studio in Broadway Destroyed by Fire". New York Times. 17 February 1895. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
  2. ↑ "Pach Brothers (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
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