JOHANNES
GUSTAV ADOLPH CRAMER - 1838-1914
FONDLY
KNOWN AS "PAPA" CRAMER PHOTOGRAPHER & FOUNDER OF THE CRAMER DRYPLATE
CO., ST. LOUIS, MO.
ONE
OF THE MOST BELOVED & WELL-KNOWN INDIVIDUALS IN HIS DAY, IN THE FIELD
OF AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY.
PHOTO
BY STEFFENS - UNDATED (7X9 image on 12x17" linen surfaced paper)
Collection
of the Author
CRAMER
DONATED A PORTRAIT OF DAGUERRE TO THE SMITHSONIAN IN 1890, TAKEN 1848 BY
CHARLES MEADE OF MEADE BROS. IT HAD BEEN SOLD TO ABRAHAM BOGARDUS, THE NEW
YORK CITY PHOTOGRAPHER, THEN TO CRAMER.