Ernest Ferdinand Ritz (5 March 1848U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 – 4 June 1890) was a Swedish-American photographer in Boston, Massachusetts during the 19th century.
Ritz was born in Stockholm. He came to the United States in November 1859, settling with his parents, Johanna and Oscar, in Boston.Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 He became a citizen in 1876.
He learned photography working for Abraham Bogardus in New York City. From 1865 until 1884, he worked in partnership with George F. Hastings (1852–1931) at the Ritz & Hastings photography studio, located on Temple Place in Boston.Illustrated Boston, the metropolis of New England. NY: American Publishing and Engraving Co., 1889 The studio devoted itself exclusively to portrait work. In 1881 Ritz & Hastings showed work at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association exhibit14th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. 1881 and in 1883 at the Professional Photographers of America conference in Milwaukee.Photographic times and American photographer, Volume 13, Aug. 1883Wilson's Photographic Magazine, July 5, 1890
He died in Boston, aged 42.Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
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Wisconsin Historical Society. Portrait of Alansen Kimball. University of Kansas. Verso of cabinet card by Ritz & Hastings