Some 110 photographs, mostly high-quality portraits taken in various photographers' studios, depicting several generations of the German-Jewish Katz family. Berlin, Nuremberg, Würzburg, Düsseldorf, Breslau and other places, [late 19th century to ca. 1930s].
Most photographs in the collection depict Rudolph Katz, the family patriarch, who had portrait photos of himself taken throughout his life: as a child in a tailored suit, as a child wearing a swimming club uniform, with fellow students of the Maria-Magdalenen-Gymnasium in Breslau, during a military drill in a recruit training base, riding a horse as a cavalryman, in front of a WWI military barrack, at a masquerade ball, etc. Also included are photos depicting Rudolph's wife Greta, his parents, his children and other family members (some in military uniforms).
Numerous mounted photographs, with mounts bearing photographers' stamps and logos. Some photogrsphs were taken by Royal photographers ("Hoffotografen", court photographers to the German royalty) such as Wilhelm Höffert, Julius Cornelius Schaarwächter, Hermann Noack and others. The collection also includes two photographs printed on small metal plaques, taken in the novel Bosco Automat in Hamburg.
Some 110 Photographs. Size and condition vary. Some photographs captioned (Hebrew and German, captions dating to different periods) on verso or margins.
Enclosed: printed booklet containing a poem in honor of Rudolph and Greta's marriage.