Abstract This collection consists of photographs of members of the Forthmann family, one of the first prominent families in Los Angeles at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. John Albert Forthmann I was a German immigrant who arrived in Los Angeles as a teenager in the 1860s and bought a small soap business that he turned into the Los Angeles Soap Co. The photographs in this collection include various members of the Forthmann family, but generally center around...

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This collection consists of photographs from the Forthmann family, one of the first prominent families in Los Angeles at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century. The photographs in this collection include various members of the Forthmann family, but generally center around Madelaine Forthmann Boyer, John Albert Forthmann's granddaughter. There are also a few documents that provide information about the family.