A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical Commission
Louis Melcher’s photograph of a large group, including schoolchildren, holding American flags under La Grange’s Historic Oak, which is draped in patriotic bunting. The emulsion is pulling away from the edges of this glass negative on which was written: “War-is-Won-Peace-Celebration under the Great Historical Tree in La Grange, Tex. Nov. 11, 1918.” Courtesy of Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives
Louis Melcher, Photographer and Entrepreneur – Part 2
Within a couple of weeks of opening his photography studio in La Grange in March 1914, Louis Melcher announced he would open a new motion picture theater at the same address. However, this venture was apparently unsuccessful. In November 1915, there was a notice in The Shiner Gazette that Melcher was opening a studio in Shiner. However, Lou…
