urn:taro:utexas.cah.01164 A Guide to the Herman Toepperwein Collection, 1895-1905 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Encoded in XMetal 3 by Nicole Davis according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions October, 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Toepperwein (Herman) Herman Toepperwein Collection, 1895-1905 4 mounted collodion prints AR 73-18 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin English. Creator Sketch

Herman Toepperwein was born in Menard, Texas, in 1907, the son of Emil and Sophie Nauwald Toepperwein. He is a direct descendant of the first German immigrants to the Fredericksburg area. After successful careers as an attorney and author, Toepperwein died in Kerrville, Texas, in 1976.

Scope and Contents

Two photographs by Emil Toepperwein show the town of Menard, Texas, and a Sunday School picnic near Menard at the San Saba River. The remaining two photographs by Noah H. Rose show Fritz Luckenbach's hotel and Emil Toepperwein's store and a view of the 1899 Menard flood. There are extensive annotations by Herman Toepperwein on the verso of the photographs.

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 Subjects Hunter, John Warren, 1846-1915. Luckenbach, Fritz. Rose, Noah H. Toepperwein, Emil. Menard (Tex.)--Photographs. Floods--Texas--Photographs. Hotels--Texas--Photographs. Merchants--Texas--Photographs. Picnicking--Texas--Photographs. Stores, Retail--Texas--Photographs. Sunday-schools--Texas--Photographs. Preferred Citation

Herman Toepperwein Collection, 1895-1905, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Inventory 3y22 Photographs