Son of Victor Georg, the important Springfield, Illinois photographer. Victor Emil Georg was trained by his father and was sent to work at the Chicago branch of the business in the 1910s. About 1915 Georg moved to New York City to establish an independent career. He became the official photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines, and the Ziegfield Follies. In 1918, he worked in conjunction with movie studios, until hired by the New York Times to serve as photo editor in 1925. His photographic work in the later 1920s was credited to The New York Times Studio or the New York Times Wide World Studio. He left New York, establishing a studio in St. Louis.
Survived by brothers Herbert and Curtis; sisters Mrs. Edward Pree and Mrs. Gaylord Millikin.
Survived by brothers Herbert and Curtis; sisters Mrs. Edward Pree and Mrs. Gaylord Millikin.
Son of Victor Georg, the important Springfield, Illinois photographer. Victor Emil Georg was trained by his father and was sent to work at the Chicago branch of the business in the 1910s. About 1915 Georg moved to New York City to establish an independent career. He became the official photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines, and the Ziegfield Follies. In 1918, he worked in conjunction with movie studios, until hired by the New York Times to serve as photo editor in 1925. His photographic work in the later 1920s was credited to The New York Times Studio or the New York Times Wide World Studio. He left New York, establishing a studio in St. Louis.
Survived by brothers Herbert and Curtis; sisters Mrs. Edward Pree and Mrs. Gaylord Millikin.
Survived by brothers Herbert and Curtis; sisters Mrs. Edward Pree and Mrs. Gaylord Millikin.
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