I know some of the folks here have an amazing ability to turn up things from old archives...and if you have a knack for locating portraits from the past...please check to see if you can locate either a Dag, or a wet plate, or a cdv..or this man


Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger He was a chemist, pharmacist, gemologist, man about town....and was quite prominent in New York City from the mid 1830's until his passing in 1876.

I know SOMEWHERE there is a photograph. somewhere.......................

He is best known for the one and three cent pieces he coined during the hard times in 1837





Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/25/2010 04:26PM by Ray Morgenweck.

I posted this on a couple history forums. Let's see if the internets can help.

THANK YOU!


I cant see him being around all those photographers and NOT having an image done!

Lets see what turns up. Anyone else who can pitch in, any other ideas, more than welcome! Ray

[i17.tinypic.com]

and here is the origin:

[www.freewebs.com]

these apperently are from this book:

Rulau, Russell, Standard Catalog of Hard Times Tokens 1832-1844

All I could find so far.

phuphuphhnik
aka chriso



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/27/2010 07:07AM by phuphuphnik.

Yes, we have that one. Its from his book on Gems, published in the 1850's

The Holy Grail...is a genuine photograph of him. I cannot imaging him living in NYC, the home of dozens and dozens of daguerreotypists...and not having an image struck.

keep looking :-)

First one to provide me with a link to a genuine photograph gets a $100 gift Certificate for anything I make