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Note:  Despite his celebrity, Peel's brief life (1841-1869) was so tumultuous opportunities to document it with visual images were scattershot.

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C.D. Fredricks was a pioneering entrepreneur in New York photography. The facade of his studio on Broadway was illuminated at night with colored lanterns, an early example of illuminated signage in New York's streets.

Note: Edward Payson Weston.  Weston was a champion walker whose first long-distance trek followed a lost bet.  He wagered that Douglas would win the 1860 election and promised to walk (from Boston) to Lincoln's January inaugration in Washington if he…

George A. Sherman

Note:   Frank M. Hodge, Successor to Arthur L. Moffit, 134 Main St., Pawtucket, R.I. Duplicates At Reduced Rates.  Pawtucket/Providence City Directories list Frank M. Hodge at the 134 Main Street address for a single year... in 1878.  He subsequently…

Cabinet card Albumen paper

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