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The Bieber Family: A study in studio dating
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1.Emilie Bieber
1852-1860 (ca)
Daguerreotype label for the Emilie Bieber studio in Hamburg

Studio label
Private collection of Klaus Niermann
LL/21349
2.Emilie Bieber
1865 (before)
Unknown lady

Carte de visite
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
26 Gr. Backerstrasse, Hamburg
 
LL/20777
3.Emilie Bieber
1865 (before)
August Heinlein

Carte de visite
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
26 Gr. Backerstrasse, Hamburg
 
LL/20778
4.Emilie Bieber
1868 (ca)
Lt. Theussner

Carte de visite
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Two addresses shown in Hamburg
 
LL/20781
5.Emilie Bieber
1869-1870 (ca)
Unknown children

Carte de visite
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Two addresses shown in Hamburg
 
LL/20783
6.Emilie Bieber
1869 (ca)
Charlotte Wolter, actor (schauspielerin)

Carte de visite
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20897
7.Emilie Bieber
1865 (before)
Backmark for Emilie Bieber‘s Hamburg studio

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20770
8.Emilie Bieber
1865 (before)
Backmark for Emilie Bieber‘s Hamburg studio

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20771
9.Emilie Bieber
1865 (ca)
Backmark for Emilie Bieber‘s Hamburg studio

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20772
10.Emilie Bieber
1868 (ca)
Backmark for Emilie Bieber‘s Hamburg studio

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20773
11.Emilie Bieber
1869 (ca)
Backmark for Emilie Bieber‘s Hamburg studio

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20774
12.Emilie Bieber
1870 (ca)
Backmark for Emilie Bieber‘s Hamburg studio

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20775
13.Emilie Bieber
1870-1871 (ca)
Backmark for Emilie Bieber‘s Hamburg studio

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20776
14.Emilie Bieber
1873 (ca)
Label used on albumen prints by the E. Bieber studio in Hamburg

Studio label
Private collection of Klaus Niermann
LL/21350
15.Bieber Family
1870 (ca)
Ernesto Camillo Sivori, Violinist and composer

Carte de visite
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
© Klaus Niermann - studioniermann.de/html/bieber.html
 
Enesto Camillo Sivori - Italian violinist and composer.
 
Photographed after Leonard Berlin-Bieber joined atelier of his aunt Emilie.
 
LL/14233
16.Bieber Family
1879-1880 (ca)
Gertrud Giers, actor (schauspieler)

Cabinet card
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
E. Bieber/Hamburg - Emilie Bieber & Professor Leonard Berlin-Bieber.
 
LL/20874
17.Bieber Family
1879-1880 (embossed)
Max Alvary, German Wagnerian opera tenor

Cabinet card
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
© Klaus Niermann - studioniermann.de/html/bieber.html
 
Max Alvary (1856 - 1898) - Wagnerian tenor
 
Max Alvary was born in Dusseldorf, Prussia (Germany) on 3 May 1856. He was the son of noted painter, Andreas Achenbach, and was given the birth name, Maximillian Achenbach. Alvary a tenor was acclaimed among Wagnerian opera singers in Germany, America and Britain. He made debut in Weimar in 1879 in role of Alessandro Saradella. His debut in New York's Metropolitan Opera was as Don Carlos opposite Lilli Lehmann, who was also making her American debut. At the Met Alvary was the first to perform the roles of Siegfried and Adolar. Under the direction of conductor Gustav Mahler at Convent Garden in London he gave the debut performance in "Ring of Nibelung, " Wagner's opera. His wife was named Thekla, but there is little available information about her and his private life. Max Alvary retired from the stage in 1897 due to illness, following nearly two decades of heavy performance calendars. He died 7 November 1898 and is buried at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg, Germany.
 
(Kindly contributed by T. Max Hochstetler, June 2007)
 
LL/19457
18.Bieber Family
1892
Kaiser Wilhelm II

Cabinet card
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
© Klaus Niermann - studioniermann.de/html/bieber.html
 
LL/14239
19.Bieber Family
1905 (ca)
Admiral Hans von Koester

Cabinet card
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
© Klaus Niermann - studioniermann.de/html/bieber.html
 
LL/14241
20.Bieber Family
1872 (ca)
Backmark for E. Bieber / Hamburg

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
E. Bieber/Hamburg - Emilie Bieber & Professor Leonard Berlin-Bieber.
 
LL/20852
21.Bieber Family
1872 (ca)
Backmark for E. Bieber / Hamburg

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
E. Bieber/Hamburg - Emilie Bieber & Professor Leonard Berlin-Bieber.
 
LL/20853
22.Bieber Family
1873 (ca)
Backmark for E. Bieber / Hamburg

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
E. Bieber/Hamburg - Emilie Bieber & Professor Leonard Berlin-Bieber.
 
LL/20854
23.Bieber Family
1873-1880 (ca)
Backmark for E. Bieber / Hamburg

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
E. Bieber/Hamburg - Emilie Bieber & Professor Leonard Berlin-Bieber.
 
LL/20855
24.Bieber Family
1873-1880 (ca)
Backmark for E. Bieber / Hamburg

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
E. Bieber/Hamburg - Emilie Bieber & Professor Leonard Berlin-Bieber.
 
LL/20856
25.Bieber Family
1883 (inscription)
Backmark for E. Bieber / Hamburg

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
E. Bieber/Hamburg - Emilie Bieber & Professor Leonard Berlin-Bieber.
 
LL/20857
26.Bieber Family
1881 (inscription)
Backmark for E. Bieber / Hamburg

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
E. Bieber/Hamburg - Emilie Bieber & Professor Leonard Berlin-Bieber.
 
LL/20858
27.Bieber Family
1885 (ca)
Backmark for E. Bieber / Hamburg

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
E. Bieber/Hamburg - Emilie Bieber & Professor Leonard Berlin-Bieber.
 
LL/20859
28.Bieber Family
1888 (ca)
Backmark for E. Bieber / Hamburg

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
E. Bieber/Hamburg - Emilie Bieber & Professor Leonard Berlin-Bieber.
 
LL/20860
29.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1902
Rosa Poppe, Actor

Cabinet card
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber
 
LL/20890
30.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1905 (ca)
Rosa Poppe in costume for "A Midsummer Nights Dream"

Cabinet card
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber
 
LL/20891
31.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1901
Rosa Poppe, Actor

Cabinet card
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber
 
LL/20893
32.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1905 (ca)
Rosa Poppe as Elizabeth I

Cabinet card
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
© Klaus Niermann - studioniermann.de/html/bieber.html
 
LL/14237
33.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1905 (ca)
Rosa Poppe as Brunhilde

Cabinet card
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber
 
LL/20892
34.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1892-1894 (ca)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20876
35.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1894 (ca)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20877
36.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1901 (ca)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20878
37.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1901 (ca)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
LL/20879
38.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1902 (inscription)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber - Berlin

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Notice that the name of Professor L. Berlin is shown under E. Bieber.
 
LL/20880
39.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1902-1904 (ca)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber - Berlin and Hamburg

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
The postcard register stamp shows Hamburg - Professor Leonard Berlin & Emil Bieber
 
LL/20881
40.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1904
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber - Berlin

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin and Emil Bieber.
 
LL/20882
41.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1905 (ca)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber - Berlin

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber
 
LL/20883
42.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1905 (ca)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber - Berlin

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
The Schmeidler family was from Berlin thus the photograph is attributed to Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber.
 
LL/20885
43.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1905 (ca)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber - Berlin

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber
 
LL/20886
44.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1905 (inscription)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber - Berlin

Carte de visite, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber
 
LL/20884
45.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1906 (ca)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber - Berlin

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber
 
LL/20887
46.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1906 (ca)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber - Berlin

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber
 
LL/20888
47.Leonard Berlin-Bieber
1910 (inscription)
Backmark for Leonard Berlin-Bieber - Berlin

Cabinet card, back
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber
 
LL/20889
48.Emil Bieber
1903, 17 May (inscription)
Grete Bruin

Print, mounted
36 1/4 cm circle
 
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Emil Bieber - Hamburg & Berlin with embossed logo. Autographed to Director Keil.
 
LL/20898
49.Emil Bieber
1910
Ernst Schmeidler with his children Barbara and Ernst Jr.

Print, mounted
30 x 46 cm
 
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Professor Leonard Berlin Bieber - E. Bieber W. Berlin embossed logo showing on mount.
 
LL/20900
50.Emil Bieber
1914-1918 (ca)
Unknown soldier WW I

Print, mounted
32 x 46 cm
 
Private collection of T. Max Hochstetler
Emil Bieber - W. Berlin with embossed logo on mount.
 
LL/20899
51.Emil Bieber
1911, 11 November (advert)
Newspaper advert announcing a new exhibit at the E. Bieber studio

Newspaper advert
Private collection of Klaus Niermann
LL/21351
52.Emil Bieber
1939
Business card used by Emil Bieber at Rondebosch, suburb of Capetown, South Africa

Business card
Private collection of Klaus Niermann
LL/21352
   
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