As a result of her productive and highly successful business, thousands of her photographs remain in the collections of the local museum and county library.

[1][2] Born in Eksjö in 1850, Tesch moved to Linköping in 1873 where she opened a studio in a building on the corner of Drottninggatan and Nygatan.

As a result of her increasingly well-known reputation, people from the city and its surroundings visited her for portraits which can still be found in many family albums.

Thanks to her enormous capacity for work, Tesch was able to enlarge her premises, engage several employees and open a branch in Eksjö.

Today thousands of her photographs are preserved in the local library and the Östergötland County Museum, where some of her equipment can also be seen.