Los Angeles-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Rile, Harry Frantz 1860 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com December 26, 2005, 9:34 pm Author: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) HARRY FRANTZ RILE, a well known-photographer of this city, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 1st, 1860. His father was John C. Rile, a carpenter of English parentage, and his mother, Sarah Frantz, was of Dutch descent, born near Norristown, Pa. Mr. Rile spent his youth at his native home and at about eighteen years of age he took up photography in Philadelphia and by degrees worked his way to California, via Chicago, Kansas City, and Portland to San Francisco and thence to Los Angeles. On December 20th, 1887 he reached the latter city and almost immediately opened a studio on North Beach in Santa Monica. For twenty years he has been continuously in the photographic business on this beach. Mr. Rile married, in 1889, Miss Georgetta May Heimer, a daughter of George Heimer, of Galesburg, Ill. She was born in the city of Galesburg. Mr. and Mrs. Rile have two daughters, Maud Frances and Caroline Inez. Mr. Rile is a member of the Royal Arcanum and Woodmen of the World. The family residence is at the corner of Eighth Street and Oregon Avenue. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities: prefaced with a brief history of the state of California, a condensed history of Los Angeles County, 1542 to 1908: supplemented with an encyclopedia of local biography and embellished with views of historic landmarks and portraits of representative people. Los Angeles: Luther A. Ingersoll (1908) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/losangeles/bios/rile222bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb