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Dichter Collection Photo Library
12016-01-05T15:36:18-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce21811A selection of photos from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.structured_gallery2016-01-05T16:02:09-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceA selection of photographs of Walter (Aptowitzer) Arlen and the Dichter/Aptowitzer family from the Sammlung Dichter (Dichter Collection), an archive of historical materials donated by Walter, his sister Edith Arlen Wachtel and their cousin, Ernest Dichter. The archive was created by Schüetz Design, as part of their efforts to recover the history of the Dichter Department Store Building in 2005-2008. They have generously granted permission to republish the photos here. You can learn more about their preservation efforts, including their exhibit about the Dichter family "Pillars of Memory," here.
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12015-11-24T22:01:28-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceIn Burgenland, 19339Members of the Dichter/Aptowitzer family at their country home in Burgenland c. 1933. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_1156038644.jpgplain2016-01-05T15:51:23-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T21:57:07-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceTante Henshi c. 1920s7The Dichter family at their home in Burgenland in the 1920s. Seated in the center is Leopold Dichter and to his right, his sister Hannah (Henshi), who moved to Chicago in the late 19th century. Tante Henshi, as Walter knew her, provided crucial assistance, including visas, to Walter and other family members that allowed them to escape Austria when the Nazis came to power. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_0488118003.jpgplain2018-04-25T23:11:27-07:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:50:35-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceAt the Parliament Building, 19307Walter, his sister Edith and their grandfather Leopold Dichter in front of the Parliament building in Vienna ca. 1930. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/004.jpgplain2016-01-05T15:50:43-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:52:21-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceIn Bad Sauerbrunn, 19345Walter with his sister Edith in Bad Sauerbrunn, 1934. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/004.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:54:55-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:23:07-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceWith Berthold Silberstein c. 19324Berthold Silberstein, with his niece and nephew Edith and Walter Aptowitzer (Arlen) and grandson Peter Silberstein c. 1932. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_5332274280.jpgplain2016-01-05T15:08:33-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:47:57-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceIn Burgenland, 19293Walter's family at their home in Burgenland in November, 1929. Standing left to right are Dr. Blick, Berthold Silberstein, Toddy Kolb, Michael Aptowitzer (Walter's father), and Rosl Dichter. Seated left to right are Mrs. Blick, Esther Dichter, Edith Aptowitzer, Shirley Wahl, Rose Wahl, Gretl Dichter, Isidor Dichter, and cousin Joyce Wahl. Walter sits on the ground in the front. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/19.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:55:34-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:29:08-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceDichter Department Store 19373The Dichter Department Store, Brunnengasse 40. Architect Philipp Diamandstein, 1937. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_1156038644.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:51:02-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:26:51-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceDichter Department Store c. 19103The signage in this 1910 photo of the store indicates the items that the Dichters offered: "HAUS KUCHENGERATE," which means "cooking utensils," a message reinforced by the pots and pans prominently displayed. Other signs on the left side of the photo advertise rubber goods, toys and leather goods. The number "40" indicates the store's location at Brunnengasse 40. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_9365124186.jpgplain2017-10-02T15:12:04-07:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:53:17-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceDichter Department Store, 19293Walter's aunt, Rosl Dichter (Leopold and Regine's youngest daughter), with cousins Gretl Dichter and Joyce Wahl, in front of the Dichter Department Store in 1929. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_8082228719.jpgplain2017-10-02T15:18:24-07:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:21:49-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceWalter Arlen c. 19522Walter stands proudly next to his first car, a 1946 Oldsmobile, in Los Angeles c. 1952. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_8600316676.jpgplain2016-01-05T15:02:40-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:42:08-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceWith Leopold Dichter, 19412Walter Arlen with his grandfather Leopold Dichter in Chicago, July 1941. Image from the Arlen (Dichter) Collection, courtesy of Schuetz Design.media/82.jpgplain2015-11-24T22:43:16-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:26:04-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceDiamandstein Sketch 19342Philipp Diamandstein's sketch of the Dichter Department store, 1934. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_3192074291.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:50:05-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:46:38-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceIn Chicago, 19402Walter Arlen on a Chicago street in 1940. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/t35.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:56:05-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:40:14-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceAs Franz Schubert 19282Walter Aptowitzer dressed as Austrian composer Franz Schubert at his elementary school's celebration of the 100th anniversary of Schubert's death, Nov. 23, 1928. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_6175151406.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:44:44-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:08:12-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceMichael Rattner Bar Mitzvah, 19502Walter's aunt and uncle, Rosl (Dichter) and Didi Rattner at their son Michael Rattner's Bar Mitzvah in Chicago, 1950. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_5720706349.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:58:07-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:41:00-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceAt Graduation, 19712Walter Arlen at graduation ceremonies, Loyola Marymount University, 1971. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/Myers 024.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:45:18-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:06:34-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceOutside the Dichter Department Store, 19282Walter Aptowitzer at the entrance of the Dichter Department store with his aunt Rosl Dichter and her daugher Gretl. Across from the Kacer family's Coffee Roastry. Nov. 5th, 1928. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_5861763635.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:59:27-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:32:23-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceAt the Beverly Hills Hotel, 19572Walter Arlen (far right) with Audrey Hepburn, Heitor Villa Lobos, and Clara Castelnuovo-Tedesco at the Beverly Hills Hotel during the filming of "Green Mansions" in 1957. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/Myers 008.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:45:41-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:11:58-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceFirst Job in Chicago, 19392Walter Arlen and Herr Hymanson, this was the owner of the furrier shop where Walter had his first job in the United States. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 1939. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_2698248981.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:52:04-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:38:02-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceWith Consul General Thomas Klestil, c. 1970s2Walter (far left) stands next to Austrian Consul General Thomas Klestil and members of a German theater group during their visit to Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Klestil, who opened Austria's consulate in Los Angeles in 1969, went on to serve as Austria's ambassador to the UN and was elected President of Austria in the 1990s. Also pictured are the German Consul General Constantin von Dziembowski (far right) and German cultural attaché Ingeborg Kurtz (center). Image from the Arlen (Dichter) Collection, courtesy of Schuetz Design.media/Myers 014.jpgplain2016-01-05T15:55:06-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:33:34-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceAt the home of Irving Mills, 19652Walter Arlen, Minna Coe (Patron of the Arts), Luka Foss, Gregor Piatigorsky at the home of Irving Mills, Beverly Hills 1965. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/Myers 010.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:46:16-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:27:56-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceFour Generations 19252Four generations of the Dichter Family: Isidor Dichter, grandfather Leopold Dichter, Walter Aptowitzer (Arlen), great grandfather Salomon Dichter, ca. 1925. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_1904418389.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:52:35-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:20:36-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceVilla Dichter, 19322Walter and his sister Edith as children outside their summer house in Burgenland, August 1932. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_6011205450.jpgplain2016-01-05T15:00:44-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:34:16-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceAt the home of Minna Coe, 19572Walter (top left) and guests at a dinner party hosted by Minna Coe (seated, center) in honor of Heitor Villa Lobos (seated, center) during the filming of "Green Mansions" in 1957. Standing next to Walter are choral conductor Roger Wagner, Viennese conductor Ernst Kanitz, and John Vincent, chair of the UCLA Music Department. Seated on left is renowned film composer Milkos Rosza. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/Myers 009.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:46:49-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:39:13-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceHiking in Austria, 1990s2Walter Arlen and Howard Myers enjoy a beer after a hike on a trip to Austria in the 1990s. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_8606258131.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:53:05-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:14:31-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceHiking in Sauerbrunn, 19352Walter Arlen hiking in the woods near the family home Sauerbrunn, Austria, in 1935. From left, sister Edith Aptowitzer (changed later to Arlen); cousin Peter Silberstein; grandfather Leopold Dichter, founder of Warenhaus Dichter in Vienna; Walter (Aptowitzer) Arlen. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_2235306262.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:53:39-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:54:10-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceWalter and Edith, 19462Walter and his sister Edith as young adults in Chicago, July 4th, 1946. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/42.jpgplain2016-01-05T15:01:27-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:10:14-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceAt the Piano, 19502Walter is playing the piano as his sister Edith turns the pages of the music in Rosl and Didi Rattner's apartment after their son's Bar Mitzvah, May 1950. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_6009676779.jpgplain2016-01-05T14:49:14-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:55:05-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceWith Eugene Ormandy c. 1970s1Walter with famed conductor Eugene Ormandy and his wife Margaret at their home in Palm Springs. Ormandy was born to Jewish parents in Hungary and came to the United States in 1921. He began his tenure as the conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1936 and served for in the post for over 44 years. Ormandy would often consult with Walter about his work during visits to his family's vacation home in Palm Springs, as pictured here c. 1970s. Image from the Arlen (Dichter) Collection, courtesy of Schuetz Design.media/_7948335909.jpgplain2015-11-24T22:55:05-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12016-01-05T15:17:34-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceHannah and Wolf Aptowitzer1Hannah (Chane) Aptowitzer with her husband Wolf Preis, Walter's paternal grandparents. Wolf Preis did not register with the civic government to avoid paying taxes, and as a result, Walter's father Michael Aptowitzer has his mother's surname. Hannah Aptowitzer was murdered by the Nazis in Treblinka in 1942. Image from the Dichter Collection, courtesy of Schüetz Design.media/_2820825011.jpgplain2016-01-05T15:17:34-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T21:55:00-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceWith Aunt Rosl c. 1920s1Walter and Edith Aptowitzer (Arlen) with their aunt Rosl Dichter in the 1920s. Image from the Arlen (Dichter) Collection, courtesy of Schuetz Design.media/_0036003641.jpgplain2015-11-24T21:55:00-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:09:25-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceWalter, Edith and Michael, 19461Walter and Edith Arlen with Michael Rattner in Chicago, 1946. Image from the Arlen (Dichter) Collection, courtesy of Schuetz Design.media/_2774896776.jpgplain2015-11-24T22:09:25-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:11:04-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceWith the Austrian General Counsel, 19841The Austrian General Counsel in Los Angeles, Peter Moser and his wife Lisi Moser with Walter Arlen, 1984. Image from the Arlen (Dichter) Collection, courtesy of Schuetz Design.media/_4900058385.jpgplain2015-11-24T22:11:04-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:24:42-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceWith Kojian and Kachaturian, 19741From left, Walter Arlen, conductor Varujan Kojian and composer Aram Kachaturian at a private home in Beverly Hills in 1974. Image from the Arlen (Dichter) Collection, courtesy of Schuetz Design.media/Arlen t62_0010_010.jpgplain2015-11-24T22:24:42-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce
12015-11-24T22:36:04-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ceWith Copland and Mills, 19651Walter Arlen with composer Aaron Copland, Composer Lukas Foss, Anna Mahler (daughter of Gustav Mahler), and Music publisher Irving Mills at his home in Beverly Hills 1965. Image from the Arlen (Dichter) Collection, courtesy of Schuetz Design.media/Myers 011.jpgplain2015-11-24T22:36:04-08:00Caroline Luce15876dd2f73462af784ac961ee54f3b5170890ce