Photographs


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Charles and Blissymbols

Series Number Title
CB 001 Charles Bliss Charles Bliss
CB 002 Charles Bliss Charles Bliss


Charles' early life

Series Number Title
CEL 001 Henry (seated) and Charles Henry and Charles
CEL 002 Blitz Children: Charles, Henry, Isidore, and Sidonie. Charles, Henry, Isidore, and Sidonie


Charles: Young Adult

Series Number Title
CYA 001 Charles Bliss Photo #8: Grefreiter in the Austrian Army, 1916. From Semantography Series 340. A Grefreiter is the second rank or grade to which an enlisted soldier could be promoted (one up from private) Charles Bliss Photo #8
CYA 002 Charles Bliss Photo #9: Red Cross Volunteer, ~1914 - 1915. From Semantography Series 340. Charles Bliss Photo #9
CYA 003 Charles and Henry Charles and Henry


Charles: Mid-Life

Series Number Title
CML 001 Charles Bliss Photo #2 Charles Bliss Photo #2
CML 002 Charles Bliss Photo #4 Charles Bliss Photo #4
CML 003 Charles Bliss Photo #7: Chief of the patent department of Joh. Kremezky, 1937 From Semantography Series 340. Charles Bliss Photo #7
CML 004 Charles Bliss Photo #10: Bliss with the machine for sealing radio valves (tubes) which he demonstrated before the Kammer Gericht Berlin, in his patent fight against Philips-Telefunken, ~1933-1934. From Semantography Series 340. Charles Bliss Photo #10
CML 005 Registry card of Charles K. Bliss as a prisoner at Dachau Concentration Camp, 1938. This image is from the Arolsen Archives - International Centre on Nazi Persecution, document ID 10618367.

Notes:
  • the "J" in the top right corner and "isr" in bottom right indicate Bliss as a Jew.
  • Charles' last name is shown as Blitz, his birth name which he ultimately changed to Bliss.
    Charles Bliss Photo #13


    Charles: Autumn

    Series Number Title
    CA 001 Charles Bliss Charles Bliss Photo #1
    CA 002 Charles Bliss Photo #6 1985-03-27. Award from the Minicipality of Randwick Charles Bliss Photo #2
    CA 003 Charles Bliss Photo #12: Henri and Charles Bliss, 1973. By Jon Rhodes. Charles Bliss Photo #3
    CA 004 Charles Bliss Charles Bliss Photo #4
    CA 005 Charles Bliss Charles Bliss Photo #4
    CA 006 Charles Bliss Charles Bliss Photo #6
    CA 007 Charles Bliss Charles Bliss Photo #7


    Claire

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    Series Number Title
    Claire 001 Charles and his wife Claire in Sydney, 1950. From Semantography Series 340. Claire
    Claire 002 Photo taken in Czernowitz. Claire
    Claire 003 Photo taken in Czernowitz. Claire
    Claire 004 Photo taken in Czernowitz. Claire
    Claire 005 Card from Shanghai. Card from Shanghai
    Claire 006 Claire in Vienna. Claire in Vienna.
    Claire 007 Lake, location unknown. Lake, location unknown.
    Claire 008 L-R: Charles, Claire, and Henry. Photo taken in Sydney, Australia in the 1950's. Charles, Claire, and Henry