Pretty Young Woman In Princeton, Illinois
Late cabinet card by H. W. Immke, Princeton, Illinois, circa 1910.
Photographer Henry W. Immke had a studio in the North End business district in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, from 1867 -1923. Immke was born in Hessen, Germany, March 9, 1839. He arrived in the US in 1855 at the age of 16. He was engaged in farming near Peru, Illinois until 1863. At that time he went to Chicago, where he apprenticed himself to photographer S. M. Fassett. Immke arrived in Princeton in 1866, and was briefly in partnership with one of Princeton'e earliest photographers, William Haven Masters, as Masters & Immke. After five months, Immke purchased the studio of Romanus Hodgman, in the North End business district, and went into business for himself. He continued there until 1923. He died in South Dakota in 1928, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Princeton.
In 1957, Immke's descendants donated his equipment and over 20, glass plate negatives, to the Bureau County Historical Society. There are ledgers accompanying them that identify each one. All of this had been stored in a barn.
Pretty Young Woman In Princeton, Illinois
Late cabinet card by H. W. Immke, Princeton, Illinois, circa 1910.
Photographer Henry W. Immke had a studio in the North End business district in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, from 1867 -1923. Immke was born in Hessen, Germany, March 9, 1839. He arrived in the US in 1855 at the age of 16. He was engaged in farming near Peru, Illinois until 1863. At that time he went to Chicago, where he apprenticed himself to photographer S. M. Fassett. Immke arrived in Princeton in 1866, and was briefly in partnership with one of Princeton'e earliest photographers, William Haven Masters, as Masters & Immke. After five months, Immke purchased the studio of Romanus Hodgman, in the North End business district, and went into business for himself. He continued there until 1923. He died in South Dakota in 1928, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Princeton.
In 1957, Immke's descendants donated his equipment and over 20, glass plate negatives, to the Bureau County Historical Society. There are ledgers accompanying them that identify each one. All of this had been stored in a barn.