Pach Brothers

American photographic studio (active 1867–1947)

The Pach Brothers was a family-run photography studio by German-born brothers Gustavus and Gotthelf Pach. The brothers 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]

Gallery

1896 photo of by-then-former United States President Benjamin Harrison, including their copyright notice.
1903 Pach Brothers colorized photo of President Theodore Roosevelt and his family with copyright notice on the left side.
1907 Pach Brothers photo of George Foster Peabody.
1908 cabinet card of William Howard Taft.
1912 portrait of President Woodrow Wilson.

References

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Pach Brothers.

Guide to the Pach Brothers Portrait Photograph Collection: 1867-1947, undated (bulk 1880s-1940s)
The Pach Brothers Portrait Photograph Collection at the New York Historical Society