Otto Zahn
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Otto Zahn was a notable German-American book manufacture and craftsman in Memphis, Tennessee. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| S C Toof and Company | 1887 | 1923 |
Otto Zahn was a notable German-American book manufacture and craftsman in Memphis, Tennessee. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| S C Toof and Company | 1887 | 1923 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1856/00/00 | Otto Zahn is born the son of a Protestant clergyman in Berka, Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. | Born | |||||
| 1883/12/07 | Departing from Amsterdam, Holland, Otto Zahn emigrates to America on the SS ZAANDAM. Arriving in New York Harbor, he likely was processed at Ellis Island. | Life | Ellis Island Immigration Depot | Statue of Liberty National Monument | |||
| 1897/00/00 | An exhibit of Otto Zahn's superior book bindings is held at the Grolier Club in New York City. | Work | Old Grolier Club | New York City | |||
| 1897/00/00 | Exhibitions at the Grolier Club and at Scribner's elevate Otto Zahn reputation and increase demand for his book bindings. | Work | Scribner Building | New York City | |||
| 1904/04/00 | Otto Zahn writes a monograph "On Art Binding" for the Louisiana Purchase Expo. The "splendid showing of hand-bindings ... St Louis probably did more to stimulate popular interest in the subject than any other incident of the last quarter of a century." | Bookbinder | Saint Louis Art Museum | City of St Louis | Louisiana Purchase Exposition | ||
| 1904/07/00 | Otto Zahn and S C Toof and Co are awarded the grand prize for S C Toof book bindings exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. | Work | Saint Louis Art Museum | City of St Louis | Louisiana Purchase Exposition | ||
| 1919/00/00 | Vice President, Otto Zahn, is promoted to President of S C Toof and Company. | Work | Toof Building | Memphis, TN | |||
| 1923/00/00 | Otto Zahn, President of S C Toof and Company, retires. | Work | Toof Building | Memphis, TN | |||
| 1928/05/05 | Notable bookbinder, Otto Zahn, passes away in Memphis, Tennessee. Mr Zahn is burred in the Abby Mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown in Memphis. | Died | Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown | Memphis, TN |
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