John H. Garo
Armenian-American, 1870 - 1939
found: Ali, Mehmed. Yousuf Karsh & John Garo, 2015:title page, etc.
(John Garo ; born Mgurdich Hovhanessian in Armenia; date of birth uncertain, listed in various sources between 1867 and 1877; emigrated to the US in 1885; like many immigrants, he chose a more "Americanized" designation and took the name John Garabedian, later shortened to Garoian and then again to Garo, becoming finally John Higue Garo, commonly known as Jack; died October 31, 1939 in Boston; opened Garo Studio in Boston in March 1902) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019044997.html accessed LOC 7/15/2022 SM
Mentor to prominent portrait photographer Yousuf Karsh from 1929 - 1931 https://karsh.org/photographs/john-garo/ accessed 7/15/2022 SM
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