Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Wetzler Family photos from Rosencrans Studio

After we posted about Greensburg photographer Herbert Rosencrans, blog reader April Marinoff shared these family photos taken in the Rosencrans studio.

Frederick and Margaret (Block) Wetzler Family c. 1907
L-R back row: Pearl (Wetzler) Dashiell, Myrtle (Wetzler) Bayless
L-R front row: Frederick Wetzler, Margaret (Block) Wetzler

The Wetzler family lived in Greensburg for a short time, from about 1901 to 1909, which matches up with the years Herbert Rosencrans was active as a Greensburg photographer (1899-1911). Frederick operated a grocery store on North Michigan Avenue.

Myrtle Wetzler

Sources: 
"Former local grocer dies," Greensburg Daily News, 28 September 1961, p. 2.
1900 census for Fred W. Wetzler.
1910 census for Frederick Wetzler.


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