Joseph Mercedes

THIS PHOTO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THANKS TO MEMBER ASEL LHAK.

This is a Photo of Joseph Mercedes, a Vaudeville Entertainer.

The Photographers name is Hartsook.

Fred Hartsook was a Photographer in California

Fred Hartsook (26 October 1876 â€“ 30 September 1930) was an American photographer and owner of a California studio chain described as "the largest photographic business in the world" at the time, who counted Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh, Mary Pickford, and sitting President Woodrow Wilson among his celebrity clients. He later became the owner of the Hartsook Inn, a resort in Humboldt County, and two ranches in Southern California on which he reared prized Holstein cattle. Hartsook was married to Bess Hesby, queen of the San Francisco Pan-Pacific Exposition of 1915

The Photo is dated 31 December 1914.

File information
Filename:	Joseph_Mercedes_004.jpg
Other outside link:	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Mercedes,_vaudeville_entertainer_(SAYRE_6737).jpg
Locations:	California
Date added:	Sep 11, 2023