Tag Archives: Kuhns family

Photographer-Father William A. Kuhns

November 12, 2025 · by · in photo-history, photographers, Research · Leave a comment

August Wilhelm Kühns arrived in the port of New Orleans, United States, on November 17, 1849 on the ship Captain Tom, which had departed from Hamburg, Germany [Prussia]. This was a relatively new brig (two-masted sailing ship) first launched in 1845, and used for transporting immigrants. Born in September 1824, in the town of Hohennauen, […]

The Kuhns Family of Photographers

August 25, 2025 · by · in photo-history, photographers, Research · Leave a comment

In the next several months I’ll be posting on the members of the Kuhns family of photographers who worked in Atlanta, and elsewhere. I plan to first highlight the patriarch of that family, William A. (Augustus) Kuhns (1824 – 1905). Additional posts will feature his son Julius H. (Henry) Kuhns (1852-1921), his son W. T. […]

Tuesday Tips Could Make Your Day

June 9, 2015 · by · in Documentary photography, photographers, Research · 2 Comments

Several items worth noting have been announced since my last posted Tuesday Tips on March 10.  I have also picked up points from public speakers, and heard from collectors of Georgia photographs with news I can share. Regarding the image used below, you may recall my post of Veterans’ Day 2014 focusing on Atlanta photographer […]