UNDATED – Portrait of Eugenie Gehring (1885-1962) with her daughters Irmgard (left) and Edith in a photo studio in Eutin or Oldenburg i. Holstein in Germany. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Here’s a real gem from our family archives: A photo of my great grandmother Eugenie with her two daughters Irmgard (born 1907, on the left) and Edith (my grandmother, born 1905.) They pose for the photographer probably in a studio in Eutin or Oldenburg in Holstein. Sadly, the name of the photographer is not mentioned (or rather, got lost when the photo was cropped.)
Looking at the girls, I think the age of 10 or 11 years seems reasonable for Edith, and 8 or 9 for Irmgard. So, I’d estimate that the photo has been captured in 1915 or maybe 1916.
By the way, I’ve been able to identify the book in Ediths hands. It’s a German edition of the classic Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. This German edition was published by K. Thienemanns Verlag about 1906. I guess that this book was present at the photo studio, and the photographer simply used it as a prop so that the girls had something to hold on to.
Design ideas
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | c. 1915 |
| Location | Holstein, Germany |
| Image Source | 5.6 x 9.9 cm photo |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 2626 x 4664 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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