Svenson, John Frederick Bernard

SVENSON, BERLIN, SARCY

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Date: 5/19/2009 at 18:03:00

History of Hamilton County Iowa, Vol. II, 1912, p.49

JOHN FREDERICK BERNARD SVENSON

John F. B. Svenson, a photographer of recognized ability in Webster City, has since August, 1904, conducted a studio at No. 802 Des Moines street. His birth occurred in Holstein, Germany, on the 17th of June, 1874, his parents being John Peter and Christine (Berlin) Svenson. He was educated in the schools of the fatherland and there studied photography for four years. In 1903, when a young man of twenty-nine years, he emigrated to the United States, remaining for seven months in New York, where he was connected with Professor Smith in the West Hoboken Art Company. Subsequently he came to Webster City, Iowa, and in August, 1904, here embarked in business as a photographer, remaining a representative of that art to the present time. His brother was for a short period associated with him. He gained a thorough knowledge of photography in his native land and enjoys an enviable reputation as a painstaking artist, who carefully studies his subject so that pose and expression may be natural.

In 1909, while on a trip to Europe, Mr. Svenson was united in marriage to Miss Martha Sarcy, a daughter of Leon Sarcy, of Paris, France. Mr. Svenson has become widely known by reason of his artistic ability and both he and his wife are welcomed in social circles as people of worth and culture.