Photograph
Joshua Hoopes, Botanist
| Carte-de-visite portrait of Joshua Hoopes (1788-1874), American Botanist. An infant at the time of the Wyoming Indian massacre, his mother strapped him on her back and fled on horseback to escape death at the hands of the American Indians. In 1834, he opened the "Hoopes Boarding School for Boys" in West Chester. where he was known for his lectures on astronomy and botany. A handwritten inscription at the bottom of the image reads, "Joshua Hoopes." |
| Image ID: | 46623 |
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| Creation Date: | 1864 |
| Creator Name: | Garrett, C. Alfred |
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| Collection Name: | Increase A. Lapham papers, 1825-1930 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 24 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2.5 x 4 inches |
| Photographer's credit on back reads, "C. Alfred Garrett, West Chester, Pa. In ordering more of this Picture, please send this No. 6056. Negatives never destroyed." From album of portrait photographs collected by Lapham depicting scientists and artists, ca. 1860-ca. 1875. Images include portraits of geologists, botanists, sculptors, and authors. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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