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Julius Neubronner

Weitere Namen
Julius Gustav Neubronner (Geburtsname)
Date of Birth
02/08/1852 - 12:00
Geburtsort
Kronberg im Taunus
Sterbedatum
04/17/1932 - 12:00
Sterbeort
Kronberg im Taunus
Biography

Julius Gustav Neubronner was born on February 8, 1852 in Kronberg/Taunus. His father was a pharmacist, his mother came from a family of actors and was the sister of the singer Johanna Sophie Löwe, who was popular throughout Germany at the time. Together with his two sisters, Julius Neubronner was initially educated at home, then attended the grammar school in Weilburg from 1864, where he completed his schooling with the middle school leaving certificate. Before continuing his schooling at the Realgymnasium in Wiesbaden, he completed a one-year apprenticeship in his father's pharmacy, but did not officially complete his apprenticeship as a pharmacist's assistant until 1873 - after finishing school and his military service. Three years later, he took up pharmacy studies in Giessen, and after graduating, went on to study chemistry in 1878, first at the Royal University of Berlin and then in Heidelberg. He received his doctorate in 1879. In 1886, he took over his father's pharmacy and its carrier pigeons for transporting prescriptions and medicines.  

In addition to his pharmaceutical training, Neubronner had a keen interest in amateur photography from a young age and experimented with a camera built by his father and exposure times. Photography remained an important hobby during his studies, and he set up a photo studio with friends. In 1903 he acquired his first film camera, an Ernemann "Kino" for 17.5mm film with center perforation. Between 1903 and 1920, he was one of the first in the Rhine-Main region to use the camera to record historical events and everyday life in his family. He also shot short sketches, staged by himself and his family on a stage built in the garden of his house. All of Julius Neubronner's surviving films are held by the DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in Frankfurt/Main, where they were restored in the 1990s and digitized in high resolution for presentation in the cinema in 2019.  

In 1909, Julius Neubronner gained fame beyond Germany with the carrier pigeon photography he invented and patented in 1908. He presented his invention, carrier pigeons equipped with small photo cameras that enabled aerial photography, both in Dresden at the International Photographic Exhibition and at the International Airship Exhibitions in Frankfurt/Main and Paris. During World War I, carrier pigeon photography was used, albeit unsuccessfully, on an experimental basis for aerial reconnaissance.  

Neubronner also demonstrated inventiveness in the development of dry adhesive strips, which facilitated the gluing of photographic glass plates for Laterna Magica shows. In 1905 he founded the Neubronner GmbH & Co. KG, a company which was eventually taken over by his youngest son Carl Neubronner (1896-1997), who also gained some notoriety for his model airplane experiments, and which still exists today.  

Julius Neubronner, who was one of the pioneers of amateur photography, died on April 17, 1932.

Filmography
1918
Hochzeit Dodo Neubronner in Kronberg
  • Director
1907
Kaiserpreis-Autorennen (13.6.1907)
  • Director
1907
Kronberger Automobil-Jugendrennen 18.8.1907
  • Director
1906
Willi geigt
  • Director
1906
Hochzeit des Forstmeisters Niederstadt in Hachenburg (18.08.1906)
  • Director
1906
Seifenkistenrennen
  • Director
1905
Karnevalszug in Kronberg
  • Director
1905
Karnevalszug
  • Director
1905
Kronberger Eisenbahn
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1905
Kaisers Karussell in Kronberg
  • Director
1905
Seil springende Kinder am Tanzhaus
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1905
Kurz-Heinz mit Schaukelpferd
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1905
Straßenszene
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1904
Kaiser Wilhelm II. im Auto
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1904
Gordon-Bennett-Autorennen (17.6.1904)
  • Director
1904
Kaiser Wilhelm II. weiht eine Gedenktafel für die Kaiserin Friedrich von Kronberg ein (18.6.1904)
  • Director
1904
Julius Neubronner zaubert
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1903
Luftnummer
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1903
Des Jägers Traum
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1903
Moren tanzt
  • Director
1903
Familie Neubronner geht spazieren
  • Director
1902
Vier Kinder-Parade
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1902
Vier marschierende Kinder
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1901
Ankunft von König Eduard VII. von England in Kronberg
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19??
Die kleine Kinderschule
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19??
Kinderumzug
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19??
Rodelrennen Kronberg
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19??
Schlittschuhlaufende Familien
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19??
Kindertheater
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19??
Umzug
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19??
Vor der Kirche in Kronberg
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19??
Dressur mit Hund Jochen
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19??
Kinderbilder
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19??
Drei Geishas II
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19??
Weilburger Festzug
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19??
Schlittenfahrt
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19??
Eislaufen
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19??
Kinderkutsche
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19??
Tanzende Männer in Uniform
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19??
Rococco-Tanz
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190?
Kinder-Ringkampf
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190?
Rodelbahn Schwarzer Weg Kronberg
  • Director
19??
Carl Neubronner mit Tochter Ilse
  • Director
190?
Hund und Bär im Zirkus
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190?
Schneeschuhlaufen auf dem Feldberg
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190?
Festzug in Hessen
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19??
Julius Neubronner mit Enkelkindern
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190?
Eislauf
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190?
Bei Onkel Willi Lindheimer in Schwalbach
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190?
Rodeln
  • Director
190?
Eislauf auf dem Kronberger Teich
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19??
Drei Geishas
  • Director
190?
Umzug des Schützenvereins in Kronberg
  • Director
19??
Hochzeit in Kronberg
  • Director
190?
Der Zehnender
  • Director
190?
Abreise der Königin von Sachsen von der Dresdner Fotoausstellung
  • Director
19??
Dodo und Dackel Waldmann am Fliederbusch
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19??
Dackel Waldmann
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190?
Eislauf II
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19??
Eichhörnchen im Käfig
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19??
Hochzeit in Kronberg II
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19??
Heuernte
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19??
Kind und Hund
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19??
Kinder beim Schlittenfahren
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