Goodnight~
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1940 Cleveland Ohio Airport Postcard
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'Disappointing and devastating': Steel manufacturer fires workers and blames Trump tariffs - #ClevelandCliffs of original #PickandsMather #steel #ores #clevelandhistory
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Cleveland Ohio, Burke Lakefront Airport, Postcard
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"Nathaniel Olds," Jeptha Homer Wade, 1837.
Wade (1811-1890) was only incidentally a painter; he was also a photographer, doing the first daguerreotypes west of New York. His true fame was in industry; he was one of the founders of Western Union Telegraph, and later became a noted philanthropist, doing much for the city of Cleveland, where he lived; he donated land for a park, helped establish a school for young women, and was a co-founder of what is now Case Western Reserve University.
No information is available about the subject. The modern-looking eyewear is actually valid for the time; green eyewear like this was worn to protect one's eyes from Argand lamps, which were used as indoor illumination at the time. It was feared at the time that the bright lights were bad for one's vision...one wonders what they would think of modern LED bulbs.
Wade's grandson, Jeptha II, was a founder of the Cleveland Museum of Art, where this now resides, and donated the land on which is now stands.
#Art #Portraits #JepthaHomerWade #ClevelandHistory #CoolEyewear