The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1023 

HOWARD A. HARSCH.

Howard A. Harsch, whose photographic studio is the oldest establishment of the
kind in Yakima and who in his work has always maintained the highest standards
of the art, was born in Braidwood, Illinois, on the 23d of June, 1878, a son of
Alfred James and Ella (Gardner) Harsch. The parents came to Washington in 1902,
settling in Skagit county, where the father bought a ranch and lived on the
same until his death.

The son, Howard A. Harsch, acquired a public school education in his native
state. He afterward engaged in various lines of business before taking up
photography about 1908. On the 6th of September, 1912, he came to Yakima, where
he bought out a photographic gallery at 101 1-2 East Yakima avenue and through
the intervening period he has developed a business of extensive proportions. He
is now the oldest photographer in Yakima in years of continuous connection with
the city. His gallery is supplied with all of the latest appliances to promote
the photographic art and he utilizes the most improved processes in his work.
Appreciative of the value of light and shade, he has been very successful in
obtaining lifelike results in his work and has thereby won a liberal patronage.
On the 5th of September, 1900, Mr. Harsch was united in marriage to Miss M.
Ardelle Travis, a native of Chicago, Illinois, and they have two children,
Alfred and Orlena.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.