[8th & Chestnut Sts., Phila.]

Creator

British Photographer · 1821–1893

Born of German parents in England, James Cremer emigrated to the United States at age twenty-two. He settled in Philadelphia where he learned photography, which he practiced there for more than forty years. He initially worked for photographic supply manufacturers, then opened his own photographic supply house in 1856. After noting the successful sales of stereographic views by other photographers