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Otto L. Bettmann


Born
in Leipzig, Germany
October 15, 1903

Died
May 03, 1998

Genre
History, Music


Otto Ludwig Bettmann, known as "The Picture Man," was the founder of the Bettmann Archive. Bettmann is considered to have "virtually invented the image resource business."
In 1921, he enrolled in the University of Leipzig and studied history, German literature, and philosophy. At that time a university education consisted of spending time at a number of schools. Otto went to Freiburg for two years then returned to Leipzig to complete his dissertation. His title, "The Emergence of Professional Ethics in the German Book Trade of the Eighteenth Century" addressed the issue of copyright legislation. In retrospect this thesis became the raison d'être of his life and his claim to posterity.
In 1935, he immigrated to the United States from Nazi-cont ...more

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The Delights of Reading: Qu...
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Bettmann Moments
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A Pictorial History of Medi...
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Bettmann: The Picture Man
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The Bettmann Archive pictur...
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