Baby Dodds [illegible], Town Hall concert, MezzrowArtwork Info About the Artist circa 1945 Toned Gelatin silver print Titled and annotated, in pencil, with artist stamp, in ink, au verso Born in Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany, Otto Friedrich Hess (1906 1968) immigrated to the United States in 1930 from Bremerhaven, Germany. Upon reaching New York City, the twenty three year old German migr moved in with his brother Franz, an advertising photographer, in Brooklyn. Hess's initial occupation was in sales,