Treu Ergeben was born in 1875 in Tahiti and with his family Joseph A. and Christine Hecht (1849-??) who were born in Austria and emigrated from Tahiti in 1878 to San Francisco.
In 1890 Joseph A. Hecht (1844-190?) was listed at 514 1/2 Hayes St. working as an artist at Abell & Priest photo studio at 723 Market Street. He was also an art teacher and portrait artist. His daughter Edel Hecht (1872-1940) was also an artist, and another son Tamashine (1877-??) was born in Tahiti. Another daughter, Hermine Hecht (1887-1978), was born in California and lived in Berkeley.
Treu E. Hecht was also listed as living with his father and sister Edel at 514 1/2 Hayes Street, being a photographic printer in 1893, and by 1895 he was working as assistant operator for John H. Peters (1844-1896), Photographer at 914 Market St. In 1896, he was listed as a photo printer living at 1506 Sacramento St. In 1898, he worked as a retoucher for Theodore C. Marceau (1859-1922) at 826 Market St. and by 1899 was listed as a photographer living at 420 35th Avenue.
In 1901 and 1902 he was listed as working for Raper James “R.J.” Waters & Co. (1856-1937) at 110 Sutter St. By 1906, at the age of 31, he was listed at 2321 California Street as a photographer. Their home was destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Hecht probably took photos of the aftermath of the earthquake and fire. In 1909, he was listed living with his younger sister Hermine Hecht, a stenographer, at 430 35th Ave. In a 1913 City Directory he is listed with his wife Jennie. In 1922 he is listed in partnership with Hoge in the Call Building at Third and Market St.
Treu E. Hecht, and his wife Jennie, were listed in 1931 as commercial photographers at 74 New Montgomery Room 647 and residence at 430 35th Ave.
He spent his adult life in San Francisco and died in 1937 at the age of 62. Other Early Photographic Copyist: Albert Dressler (1887-1960) was another that made copies of early photos of San Francisco, as well as Martin Behrman (1862-1945), AKA M.B. Collection.
Alfred B. Jacobs (April 17, 1877–Aug. 12, 1931) was a druggist by trade; we have a collection of 8×10 glass copy negatives that he made of early San Francisco Views.

Early Northern California and Southern California Photographers and Monterey area photographers who made postcards.

Holdings: over 22,155 Photos of Monterey County listed in our database. And over 81,955 historical California images in our Photo Archives.