Henry Buehman was a Free Hanseatic City of Bremen-born American photographer and politician.
21 Facts About Henry Buehman
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Periodic trips through the surrounding areas allowed Henry Buehman to compile a large portfolio of scenic and Native American images in addition to his portrait work.
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Henry Buehman was born on May 14,1851, to Ludwig and Annie Henry Buehman in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
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One of eleven children, eight of whom survived to adulthood, young Henry Buehman was educated in the city's public schools before being apprenticed to a photographer at age fourteen.
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Henry Buehman stayed there for two weeks before continuing on to San Francisco, California via Panama.
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Henry Buehman traveled through California, Nevada, and Utah before reaching Prescott, Arizona Territory.
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Henry Buehman quickly gained a reputation for the quality of his work and purchased his former employer's studio on February 20,1875, renaming it the Buehman Studio.
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When stereographic cards became popular in the American West, Henry Buehman was among the first photographers to produce them.
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Henry Buehman was rarely a leader of new fashions, but his technical mastery made him the preferred photographer in southern Arizona.
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Henry Buehman's subjects were not limited to the living, with Tucson area residents claiming "even the dead sit for Buehman".
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The Henry Buehman Studio appears to have been financially successful from the beginning.
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Henry Buehman lost the ranch as a result of drought in 1895 and 1896 combined with low beef prices.
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Beyond his work in the studio, Henry Buehman took periodic trips through Arizona Territory.
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Later trips saw Henry Buehman spends weeks at a time with local tribes or photographing various places of interest in southern Arizona.
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Henry Buehman's images were used as part of a "Sell Arizona" campaign.
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Globe and Globules followed the next year with the first version of Henry Buehman's Babies appearing in 1892.
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Henry Buehman's Babies underwent several revisions with the final version being made in 1911.
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Henry Buehman served as secretary of Board of Trustees of Tucson and was elected Public Administrator for Pima County in 1882.
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Finally, Henry Buehman was Mayor of Tucson from January 1895 till January 1899.
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Socially, Henry Buehman was a Master Mason and member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
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Henry Buehman married Estelle Morehouse of Portland, Michigan, in October 1882.