Wittemann, New York
Wittemann, New York
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Wittemann, (Adolph). New York. (Souvenir-Album). New York, A. Wittemann (The Albertype Company) no year (around 1920). Quer-Gr.-4° (28,5 x 36 cm.). 25 mounted plates based on hand-colored photographs (each 15 x 20 cm., Abertypes). Illustrated cardboards with tie-string binding. Deluxe edition of the beautiful souvenir album with 25 views: „Pier No. 1, North River. BATTERY PARK and WHITEHALL BUILDING“ (with Zeppelin), „BROOKLYN BRIDGE and LOWER NEW YORK, Washington Building, No. 1 Broadway. Standard Oil Building. Custom House, J. P. Morgan & Co. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, Trinity Church Tower. BROADWAY, North from Wall Street, Post Office. Woolworth Building, St. Paul Bldg. Am. Telephone and Telegraph. Astor House, City Hall and Civic Virtue Statue. Municipal Building, FULLER (Flatiron) BUILDING, from Madison Square, Broadway. THE RIALTO. Seventh Avenue. Loew’s Theatre, PUBLIC LIBRARY-Fifth Avenue and West 42nd Street, Vanderbilt Mansions. St. Thomas Church. Fifth Avenue, ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL, GENERAL SHERMAN STATUE-The Plaza, CENTRAL PARK. The Mall and Zoo. Fifth Avenue. Fifth Avenue, Fifth Avenue and the Plaza. Heckscher Bldg. Gen. Sherman Statue. Hotel Plaza, THE PLAZA and the PULITZER MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, CENTRAL PARK – Bethesda Fountain and Terrace, THE CIRCLE-Columbus and Maine Monuments, CENTRAL PARK, from 59th Street toward Central Park West, METROPOLITAN MUSEUM of ART – Fifth Avenue and East 80th Street, SOLDIERS’ and SAILORS’ MONUMENT-Riverside Drive, CATHEDRAL of ST. JOHN the DIVINE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – Amsterdam Avenue and West 110th Street, THE HUDSON RIVER and RIVERSIDE DRIVE. Grant’s Tomb. – „The Albertype Company was founded by Adolph Wittemann and Herman L. Wittemann in the late 1880s as a postcard and „view book“ publishing company. Prior to the founding of the Albertype Company there was a predecessor company, Wittemann Bros., which was founded in 1879. The Albertype Company most likely was formed in 1887 based on when copyrights with the company name first appeared in their works. The Albertype Company’s founding is usually stated to be in 1890, but this is inaccurate. The company survived until 1952, when it was purchased by the Art View postcard company, although they did not take over the company’s factory in Brooklyn. Sometimes Wittemann Bros. is referred to as „A. Wittemann,“ or „Adolph Wittemann,“ on the copyright page of the books, this is usually to indicate that Adolph Wittemann served as the photographer of the images in the book. The company described themselves as „Publisher of American Views,“ although they also produced tens of thousands of early postcards. Adolph Wittemann was born in Baden, Germany, in 1846 and emigrated to New York at the age of 24 in 1870. Jacob and Rudolph were the other brothers affiliated with the Wittemann Brothers company. When Jacob and Rudolph started to sell manufactured brewing equipment, the Albertype Company was formed. Jacob and Rudolph continued to do business using the Wittemann Brothers name, operating out of 188 William Street in Lower Manhattan, while Adolph and Herman operated their new business under the Albertype Company name“ (collectableivy(dot)com). The Brothers Wittemann published their first New York Souvenir-Album 1880. – Front cover with remnants of a sticker, stamps on the inside covers, near fine copy.
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