Lviv - First Union Printing House - management and supporters of the printing house - group photograph.

[Lviv - First Union Printing House - management and supporters of the printing house - group photograph, occasional]. [2nd half of the 19th century]. Photograph form. ca. 34x50.5 cm on original cardboard backing form. ca. 21.5x40 cm, by E[dward] Trzemeski in Lviv.
Group shot of management and people associated with the printing house. Photo glued on original cardboard backing. In the lower right corner of the photo an imprint: "E. Trzemeski Lviv." Photo and backing slightly dusty, nevertheless overall good condition. Attached is the same shot, though without the photographer's stamp.
First Union Printing House in Lviv - was established on 1 I 1873 on the initiative of the heads of the printers' organization. According to the project of the founders, it was to be a workshop for those printers who were boycotted by their employers for participating in union activities. Antoni Trompeteur, chairman of the Progressive Society, became the first director, followed by Antoni Mańkowski. The next director on June 15, 1879 was Albin Todschindler (March 1, 1845-26 April 1937) - Lviv printer and activist in the labor movement. It was thanks to his dedication that the small printing house soon became one of the largest printing plants in Lviv. The above information taken from https://jbc.bj.uj.edu.pl/Content/407666/PDF/NDIGCZAS010588_R29_1929_007_0001.pdf
E. Trzemeski (1843-1905) - owner of numerous photographic establishments. Ca. 1865 served his photographic apprenticeship in Trieste at the Sebestianetti establishment. He worked at Jozef Eder's art and photography establishment in Lviv. From 1869 he ran his own establishment in a building at 13 Szeroka St., later Kopernika St. 9. From 1877-1887 the establishment was located in the Hotel Europejski at 4 Mariacka St. At that time he opened a branch in Krynica as one of the first establishments on the outskirts of Poland. It was the first to undertake the publication of illustrations to "Trilogy" Henryk Sienkiewicz by engaging Juliusz Kossak. In 1887 he moved the atelier to 7 3 Maja Street.