Dennis Wierzba Negatives, 1941-1957

Biography/History

Born on May 24, 1900, Dennis Wierzba began work as a sausage maker in Milwaukee in 1916. Several years later he was employed as a machinist. In the early 1920s, he married and worked in the confectionery business. From the mid-1930s to his retirement in the late 1960s, he worked as a salesman for the Cavalla Tobacco Company.

Photography appears to have been a side job or a hobby of Wierzba's, and much of his work consisted of wedding photography.

Dennis and his wife Helen had a daughter, LaVerne. Dennis died on November 9, 1993.