| Born in Austria on Feb. 28, 1884. Kern (né Koschitz) was studying at the Royal Academy in Munich at the onset of WWI. Inducted into the German army, he spent five years in Russian prison camps. After escaping to China in 1919, he made his way to California and settled in the small town of Millbrae near San Francisco. He worked as a house painter and decorator of movie houses during the 1920s. He later established a bakery in Millbrae and at one time was in competition with Kilpatrick's. Al (showing 500 of 1019 characters). |
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