Item 73087 - Cyrus H.K. and wife Kate Curtis, Portland, ca. 1924
- Item 73087 - Cyrus H.K. and wife Kate Curtis, Portland, ca. 1924
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Image Info Cyrus H.K. Curtis (1850-1933) stands in front of the Falmouth Hotel in Portland with his wife Kate. Kate, Cyrus' second wife died in 1932. Cyrus's middle name is Hermann Kotzschmar, he was named after a German organist who lived with the Curtis family for several years.
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Cyrus was a native of Portland, but moved to Philadelphia to start the successful Curtis Publishing Company. Cyrus is the donor of the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, located in Portland's city hall.
