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David Graham (born 1952, Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American artist photographer and professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He currently lives and works in De Pere, Wisconsin. Embracing popular forms of American photography (the snapshot, family portrait, and vacation photo), David Graham explores contemporary culture ...
Frederick Gutekunst (September 25, 1831 – April 27, 1917) was an American photographer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He opened his first photographic portrait studio with his brother in 1854 and successfully ran his business for sixty years. He grew to national prominence during the American Civil War and expanded his business to include ...
Samuel Meeker (1763–1831), former merchant. Jim Murray, Ronald McDonald House Charities co-founder and former Philadelphia Eagles general manager. Joel Myers (born 1939), AccuWeather founder and executive chairman. Pat Olivieri (1910–1970), former founder of Pat's King of Steaks and reputed creator of the cheesesteak.
Robert Cornelius (/ k ɔːr ˈ n iː l i ə s /; March 1, 1809 [1] – August 10, 1893) was an American photographer and pioneer in the history of photography.His daguerreotype self-portrait taken in 1839 is generally accepted as the first known photographic portrait of a person taken in the United States, and a very important achievement for self-portraiture.
Wilson in Egypt, ca.1882. Edward Livingston Wilson (1838–1903) was an American photographer, writer and publisher. In Philadelphia in the 1860s he worked for Frederick Gutekunst and in 1864 he began the Philadelphia Photographer magazine. [1] He served as an energetic officer of the National Photographic Association of the United States. [2]
C. Kyle Cassidy. Edward Colman (cinematographer) Robert Cornelius. Floyd Crosby.
The Fletcher Street Riding Club is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization devoted to inner-city horsemanship in North Philadelphia. Part of a century-long tradition of black cowboys and horsemanship in Philadelphia, local horsemen maintain and care for horses and teach neighborhood youth to do so. They encourage academic excellence and provide ...
Once relocated to Philly, "my father would get trailer loads of watermelon," Joshua Carter said. It was a way to make extra money for the family of 12, and in this section of the city, a fresh ...