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Sunday, July 13, 2025

Photo of a Janitor Named Henry Watts at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1862)

Portrait of Dickinson College janitor Henry Watts posing with a number of items including a bucket, broom, anatomical poster, globe, furnace and lantern slide projector in February 1862. He also has a number of keys strung across his chest and is holding his hat in his left hand. Taken by Amateur Photographic Exchange Club member Charles Himes and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Library of Congress.

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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Self-portrait Taken by George S. Irish Using a Polished Metal Globe at the Fort William Henry Hotel


Self-portrait of George S. Irish using a polished metal globe at the Fort William Henry Hotel in Glen's Falls, New York, c. 1870's. Animated stereoview.

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