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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
[[Perry Foltz]] learned the photography business working for Benjamin F. [[Battels (surname)|Battels]] in [[Akron, Ohio]] in 1875. By 1884 he had moved to [[Wooster, Ohio]] where he shared a studio over a grocery store with Willis E. Foltz. From about 1897 to at least 1902 Willis E. Foltz was the proprietor of the Eclipse Photo Gallery back in Akron, Ohio. Perry [[Foltz (surname)|Foltz]] died in April of 1917.  
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Perry Foltz learned the photography business working for Benjamin F. [[Battels (surname)|Battels]] in [[Akron, Ohio]] in 1875. By 1884 he had moved to [[Wooster, Ohio]] where he shared a studio over a grocery store with Willis E. Foltz. From about 1897 to at least 1902 Willis E. Foltz was the proprietor of the Eclipse Photo Gallery back in Akron, Ohio. Perry [[Foltz (surname)|Foltz]] died in April of 1917.  
  
  

Revision as of 16:41, 10 November 2015

Foltz & Company
Former type Photography Studios
Industry Professional & Technical -- Recreation
Founded about 1884
Founder(s) Willis E. Foltz and Perry Foltz
Defunct c.1890s
Headquarters Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations 1

Biography

Perry Foltz learned the photography business working for Benjamin F. Battels in Akron, Ohio in 1875. By 1884 he had moved to Wooster, Ohio where he shared a studio over a grocery store with Willis E. Foltz. From about 1897 to at least 1902 Willis E. Foltz was the proprietor of the Eclipse Photo Gallery back in Akron, Ohio. Perry Foltz died in April of 1917.


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