Talk:Amund Dietzel

News clippings over the years
Same guy above- see his Find a Grave He was married to Elsie... Bruxton (talk) 02:52, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Waukesha
 * Cincinatti
 * Illinois
 * Farmer City Journal
 * Green Bay
 * Manitowoc
 * Obit is this the same guy?


 * Oh sweet, thanks! A few weeks ago I put in an application to the Wikipedia Library for Newspapers.com access, but I'm still waiting to hear back; glad to incorporate these. Dreamyshade (talk) 02:51, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 * ping me when you add any of the references to the article, and I will review for the DYK. Bruxton (talk) 15:19, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, added several of them! The Waukesha and Green Bay articles were essentially duplicates, and I'm honestly not sure how to contextualize the weird articles about him wanting to tattoo the faces of dictators. Dreamyshade (talk) 19:31, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Right some articles treat him like a carnival freak show, but that is the appeal. I think he also made the claim that he had tattooed more people than anyone else in the US. i am not sure we can use the image of him unless you can show that it was published and I can check the license. The image would make this a smashing success at DYK. for those very carnival reasons. Bruxton (talk) 19:38, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Looks like the image is part of Reiter's collection (see caption here) and was included in These Old Blue Arms: The Life and Work of Amund Dietzel - that book would probably provide more information about the photo's original publication date, but I don't have a copy of the book. Dreamyshade (talk) 19:56, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Check out this see this ref. I did not evaluate it but it totally, but they say he actually did travel as a carnival act. It also says: His first marriage ended in divorce and a second wife died of tuberculosis. A third marriage to Elsie Koehler lasted 50 years and produced a daughter. A fourth marriage to a family friend took place around 1970 when Dietzel was well into senior citizenship. He died four years later. Bruxton (talk) 20:37, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, from several sources I've read (all based on Reitel's research, I believe), he was a traveling performer in circuses and carnivals before he settled in Milwaukee! I still can't find any information about when these photos were published - could have been promotional material distributed by Dietzel in 1914, could have been stashed away in the box. I think we'd have to email Reitel to find out. Dreamyshade (talk) 20:47, 19 June 2022 (UTC)

i am checking, but also there will be more eyes on it in DYK. Bruxton (talk) 20:48, 19 June 2022 (UTC)