This is a brief excerpt from PetaPixel
In June of last year, we gave you a quick “photo trivia o’ the day” lesson on the history of presidential photography. We told you that John Quincy Adams sat for what is currently the oldest surviving photo of a US President, that James Polk sat for the oldest of a US President in office, and that President Obama was actually the first to have his official photo taken digitally. That first of those three facts, however, comes with an interesting story.
The photo of John Quincy Adams we shared that day (above) is one of two taken around the same time in 1843, both of which vie for the title of “oldest” surviving photo of a US President. Unfortunately, other than the fact that it was taken by Philip Haas at Adams’ home in Quincy, MA, we know very little about that photograph.
The other of the two (top) we know quite a bit more about. It was taken on a trip to New York, during which the president visited Niagara Falls, shook too many hands, visited an all-girls school, and spent some time with a child dwarf dressed as Napoleon. We know these bizarre details thanks to the meticulous …
By: DL Cade
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