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LUTZ, William Frederick  (1836-1904) engraver, Cincinnati, Baltimore.
          Born Gardelegen, Prussia, 18 January 1836. Came to America 1859.
          Employed 1860 by W.P/ Lanphear & Co, Cincinnati (q.v.),
          as an engraver where he used the name Frederick W. Lutz.

          Gladfelter states Lutz engraved dies that may be ascribed to
          Lanphear, particularly Civil War tokens as he only signed a
          few dies with last name and one storecard F.W. LUTZ ARTIST 

          Followng the Civil War Lutz related to Baltimore where he
          was emlyed by F.W. Dorman & Co (q.v.) die sinkers and stencil
          cutters (probably 1870-1872). In 1873 he was in partnership with
          Otto Heidermann (q.v.). He moved to Washington. DC in 1874.

          Died Washington DC, 30 October 1904.

          M   E   D   A   L   S

1860ca Brown & Dills Dentists Piqua Ohio
          Storecard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Storer 3924
1860ca Griffin (A.E.) Dentist Marion Ohio
          Storecard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Storer 3937
1860ca Lowell (J.C.) Druggist & Grocer Fond du Lac
            Wisconsin Storecard. . . . . . . . . . . . . Storer 7950
1860ca Lutz (Frederick W.) Cincinnati Storecard . 165DG-1a
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 46:93
1860ca Maines (James) Bakerstown Pennsylvania
            Civil War Token. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HG 9245
1860ca Xelar (H.B.) Cincinnati Storecard . . . .  164GT-2a
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  PCA 42:171
1863 Bennet (Doctor) Cincinnati Storecard .  Storer 267, 3881
1863 Bunyan (W. & J.R.) Pharmacists Kendallville
            Indiana Storecard. . . . . . . . . . . . .  Storer 7640a
1885 Washington Monument Dedication Medal . . . . Baker M-322
            Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   . . . . . . . . . . . PCA 46:918

          A  R  C  H  I  V  E  S

DS  Schenkman (David) Engravers, Diesinkers Databank.

          B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:2086.

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

O1  {1878} Fonrobert 3881.
M14 {1931} Storer (medical) 3924, p 531, 3937 533, 7640a 1007, 7950 1035.
P4  {1969} Lindesmith (Robert)  William F. Lutz Civil War Engraver of Cincinnati, Ohio.  
          TAMS Journal 9:1 (February 1969) p 26.
E10 {1970} Gladfelter. Civil War Die Sinkers. Journal of the Civil War Token Society 14:4 (Winter 1980) p 99.
D38 {1995} McMahan.
S58  {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 348,479.
M56 {2007} Ostendorf (John)  Civil War Store Cards of Cincinnati. Civil War Token
          Society (2007) p 14, 219 (bio).
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