Background
Charles Robert Pratsch was born on November 17, 1857, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
Charles Robert Pratsch was born on November 17, 1857, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
Charles Robert Pratsch learned photography ca. 1886 from an Aberdeen photographer named Tolman.
Charles Pratsch moved from Pennsylvania to Iowa, then left Iowa in 1852 to homestead in Grays Harbor country (Washington). He was appointed postmaster of Aberdeen in 1886 and served in that position until 1889. Charles Pratsch built the Pioneer House, later, the Del Monte, a wood frame hotel, in 1885. He built his own studio building in Aberdeen in 1890, and in later years was the caretaker of the Laidlow Island duck preserve.
