[SunkenCiv]

Meet Conrad Heyer, Born 1749: The Earliest Born Person Ever to Be Photographed -- DL Cade -- May 20, 2014 -- petapixel.com

[TurboZamboni]

he looks pissed off.

[PapaNew]

earliest born man in history to have been photographed

Easier to understand that statement than the headline.

[JPG]

Earliest known photo of a human.

http://yargb.blogspot.com/2011/06/earliest-know-photograph-of-person.html

[ansel12]

He lived in the period that I would prefer to have lived in.

Old enough to experience the Revolutionary passions, and then the war, and out of it (or dead) before the the 1850s.

America’s greatest generations.

[VanDeKoik]

Definitely check-out this book if you get the chance. Many more photos of people that are almost as old as he.



The Last Muster: Images of the Revolutionary War Generation

[gorush]

Very interesting, thanks.

Along the same lines here is the first photo taken from space (1946, camera attached to a captured German V2 rocket) ...

[the OlLine Rebel]

I hate it when writers keep repeating info.

In this case, definitely happened with “crossing the Delaware”.

Anyway, very neat.

[tflabo]

At 103 any patriot is allowed to be pissed, mad or not much to smile about. That’s a significant age to reach for his era.

[tet68]

My gosh, he must have crossed
The Delaware five
Times!!!

[workerbee]

Very cool! Thanks for posting.

[slouper]

Yea but how old was he when he was photographed?

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

That is unbelievably cool.

On a similar note, there’s a YouTube video from the old “What’s My Line” show with a guest who was at the theater where Lincoln was shot and saw Booth jump down to the stage.

[Larry Lucido]

Looks like someone you definitely don’t mess with.

[TomGuy]

Months ago, someone posted a thread of old pictures of men who served in The Revolution.

They were mostly in their 90s and 100s.

It seems like the source was a newspaper in South Carolina, but it may have been some other.

I have a feeling that their dour expressions are because of old age aches and pains.

[TomGuy]

From the dailymail.com.uk:

Faces of the men who won America’s independence: Amazing early photos of heroes of the Revolutionary War in their old age

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2356524/Faces-American-revolution-Amazing-early-photographs-document-heroes-War-Independence-later-years.html

[HereInTheHeartland]

He had a dream the night before; and saw what Obama would one day do to his nation.

[Ditter]

Interesting thanks!

[morphing libertarian]

FYI

I think there was a thread with a link to photos of revolutionary war vets, posted since I signed up.

[Liberty Valance]

bttt - Amazing.

[colinhester]

Bflr