Lifetouch
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Date: 2022-01-09

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The sculpture, Generations, was created for the 70th anniversary of Lifetouch by sculptor Nicholas Legeros.
Lifetouch Inc.
is an American-based photography company headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, with its Canadian operations based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
It was founded as National School Studios （NSS） in 1936 by Eldon Rothgeb and R. Bruce Reinecker and incorporated in March 1948.
A subsidiary of Redwood City, California-based Shutterfly Inc.
, the company provides photography for families, schools, and places of worship; has over 22,000 employees; and operates in all 50 states as well as in Canada.
Through Lifetouch Media Productions, video support is provided to internal and external customers.
Company photography labs are located throughout the United States and Canada.
Business units under the corporate umbrella include: Defunct business units: Former logo of Lifetouch from 1986 to 2017.
Two traveling salesmen, Eldon Rothgeb （1916 – 1972） and R. Bruce Reinecker （1910 – 1987）, had worked together for a couple of years for a school photography studio in Kansas City, Missouri.
In 1936, in the midst of the Great Depression, they raised $500 and initiated their plan to open their own school photography company, setting up business as National School Studios （NSS）, "School Photography of Distinction", in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
They chose the Upper Midwest to launch their business, a predominantly rural area with fewer professional photographers and thus potential for greater opportunity.
By 1939, the NSS had more than a...