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Last Name Rau

Given Name William Herman

alt. Names W. H. R. ; William H. Rau ;

Marriage photographer Luisa Bell

Children

Year born 1855 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Year died 1920

Place of death Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Father's occupation Peter Rau

Relatives Mary Witschi (mother) ; photographer George Rau (brother) ; photographer William H. Bell (1830-1920) (father-in-law)

Education phot. from brother's home studio & William Bell

Country of Activity United States of America

Worked for official photographer for Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 ; photographer and publisher Edward Livingston Wilson (1838-1903) ; travel writer John Lawson Stoddard (1850-1931) ;

Patronage Photographic Journal of America ; Lehigh Valley Railroad 1891-5 ; Pennsylvania Railroad ; Lewis & Clark Centennial Expo in Portland 1905 ;

Collaborators photographer William Bell ; partner photographer George Rau (brother) ;

Techniques natural and zoological photography, stereo cards, lantern slides, silver prints

Sample(s)

Archival sources Smithsonian, Getty Museum, Library Company of Philadelphia

Published sources

other St. Louis World's Fair 1904, on board Swatara on expedition to Chatham Island in South Pacific for Transit of Venus 1874; Wilson's Middle East expedition 1881; accompanied Stoddard to Mexico 1889.

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