Description
Two plaques with relief portraint in the porch.
Inscription(s)
Der Gründer unserer Firma
Theodor Sommer
* 1865 † 1934
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Signed: Anna.... (unreadable) 1954
Konsul
Oskar Sommer
* 1901 † 1966
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Signed: a mark.
Biography
The merchant Theodor Sommer (born March 31, 1865, died December 4, 1934) established the beginnings of our present Hochstetter Fashion House. He was the managing director of the Textilhaus Hochstetter & Lange in Cologne, Coblenz, and Aachen. In 1894, these businesses were closed, and Sommer founded a new textile business in Trier in Simeonstrasse 13, a store which he managed himself. He took over the name "Hochstetter & Lange", one already well-known in the Rhineland. This business initially sold piece goods, cotton articles, trousseaux linens, drapes, and, from 1902 on, also ladies' wear.
In 1923, Theodor Sommer resigned from management for health reasons and turned over the business to his son, Oskar Sommer (born September 10, 1901, died November 2, 1966). Until World War II, Oskar Sommer managed the business so successfully that he opened two businesses in Berlin in 1937 under the name "Textilhaus Sommer". When theses stores were destroyed during the war, he then devoted himself full-time to the business in Trier.
Sculptor
- Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.
Sources & Information
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Locatie (N 49°45'31" - E 6°38'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: derp049; Photograph: 17 June 2011
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