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Frankfurt Didaskalia
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A depiction of groups of people viewing a panorama of landscapes on red walls in a large room, some seated at round tables. This sketch accompanies an Austrian newspaper article published July 27, 1858 about Hölzlhuber's activities in Milwaukee. These include teaching drawing and singing at the German-English Academy, conducting the orchestra at the Catholic Cathedral, and producing confectionery -- introducing "the Linzertorte to the Yankees." He was also busy creating "42 continued pictures and is going to start a big panorama of America." Translated by Vera Kroner.
1858
Hölzlhuber, Franz, 1826-1898
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Forest City in Upper Canada
1858
From Ottawa City Hölzlhuber took a two-day hike with a couple of lumber dealers, staying in an isolated cabin overnight. They met a group of surveyors the next morning, then pushed on to Forest Cit...
The New Synagogue in Ward II
1858
A view of the Synagogue with a one-horse carriage in the foreground. Hölzlhuber occupied the position of organist and choirmaster for this congregation until he departed for Europe in May 1860. T...
Steamers on the Tributaries of the Mississippi
1858
In August 1858, Hölzlhuber traveled up the St. Croix River to Stillwater, Minnesota, on the steamship Winona. He noted the upper Mississippi's tributaries were too narrow to admit steamships with t...
On the Trip to the Mammoth Cave
1858
Hölzlhuber journeyed from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, and from there took a train south to Cave City, from which passengers boarded a stagecoach for the ten miles to Mammoth Cave. In the backg...
Joe Barry's Farm, A Day's Journey to the South of Odanah
1858
Beginning at Odanah just south of Lake Superior, Hölzlhuber and several fur trappers used an Indian trail to travel upstream through extensive wild forest. At the end of the first day they reached...
The Cathedral in Milwaukee
1856
A watercolor of the Catholic Cathedral in Milwaukee, with well-dressed pedestrians strolling on the street. Hölzlhuber was choirmaster here between 1856 and 1860; the honor was offered to him by Ar...
