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1 of 1977 Charles R. Luder (1882-1966)

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Name

Luder, Charles R.

Born

12/20/1882

Deceased

12/13/1966

Spouse

Frances "Fannie" V. (Palmer) Luder m. 10/28/1909 d. 1978

Father

Louis Luder

Mother

Matilda Luder

Children

Carl R. Luder

Occupation

Mr. Luder was born in Basel, Switzerland. He and his family immigrated to Tuscola County, Michigan in 1884. He graduated in 1905 from the Illinois College of Photography, Effingham, Illinois. Luder came to Washington, Indiana and opened his photography business, Luder Photo Studio, in 1907. He operated the studio until he retired on January 1, 1963.

Education

Charles R. Luder graduated in 1905 from the Illinois College of Photography in Effingham, Illinois.

Notes

The information for this entry was taken from Mr. Luder's newspaper obituary, Daviess County Museum, Rm 300, Shelf 12-3-1, 2020.FIC.0018.0002 and from Charles Luder's "Autobiographical Sketch," Daviess County Museum, Rm 300, Shelf 15-4-4, 2023.0030.0001.

Caption

Charles R. Luder (1882-1966)

Birthplace

Basel, Switzerland

Deceased where

Washington, Indiana

Othernames

Charlie Luder
Charles Rudolph Luder

Relationships

Thelma L. (Bratcher) Bingham worked for Mr. Luder as his receptionist from 1935 to 1941. From 1976 to 1995 Mrs. Bingham was Curator at the Daviess County Museum for 19 years and she donated a large collection of Luder photographs to the Museum. In 2023 Deborah (Luder) Gallaway, the granddaughter of Charles and Fannie Luder donated to the Daviess County Museum a flash drive with 174 scanned images of photos and documents collected by Charles Luder during his life. Most of the photos on the flash drive were taken by Charles Luder.