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| Title | Frederick Fahnley |
| Owning Institution | Indiana Historical Society |
| Item ID | P0019_OVA1_FOLDER1_FREDERICK_FAHNLEY |
| Description | Frederick Fahnley was a German immigrant and milliner. Mr. Fahnley was president of the Fahnley & McCrea Millinery Company and was a leader in the wholesale millinery trade in Indianapolis for nearly half a century. Fahnley was a native of Wurttemberg, Germany, born in 1839; he immigrated to America in 1854 when he was 15 years old. He worked several years in Ohio and began an independent business career in 1860 with the opening of a general store. In 1865 he moved to Indianapolis and organized the wholesale millinery firm of Stiles, Fahnley & McCrea. Mr. Stiles retired from the firm and by 1875 Fahnley & McCrea erected the finest building at that time in the wholesale district at 240–242 South Meridian Street. After a disastrous fire in February, 1905 the firm rebuilt a five-story brick structure on the same site. An image of the new store can be seen in the Bass Photo Company Collection Digital Image Collections (Bass #36202). Mr. Fahnley never ran for political office but was a director of the Merchants' National Bank and the Indiana Trust Company, a member of the Board of Trade and the Commercial Club, and one of the organizers of the Columbia Club. He was an active member of the German House and the Indianapolis Maennerchor Society. Mr. Fahnley married Miss Lena Soehner, a native of Baden, Germany. |
| Subject | German American families--Indiana--Indianapolis
German Americans
Germans--Indiana
Portrait photographs
Businessmen
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| Creator | Marceau & Power Studio, Indianapolis |
| Date | ca. 1897 |
| Time Period | 1890s (1890-1899)
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| Geographic Location | Indiana--Indianapolis |
| Digital Collection Name | Assorted Images from IHS Collections |
| Digital Collection Number | V0002 |
| Format of Original | Photographic print, b&w |
| Digital Format | JP2000 |
| Resolution | 600 ppi |
| Copyright Notice | Digital Image © 2012 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved. |
