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ORIGINAL! RARE! CIVIL WAR - VISITORS of THE BATTLE of GETTYSBURG " DEVIL'S DEN " ID'd PHOTO c1895
RARE!CIVIL WAR - VISITORS of THE BATTLE of GETTYSBURG " DEVIL'S DEN " ID'd PHOTO BY c1895
VISITORS of THE BATTLE of GETTYSBURG " DEVIL'S DEN " TAKE A MOMENT TO POSE AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE WITH THE ORIGINAL ROCK STAIRS IN THE BACKGROUND AND SOME OF THE DEVIL'S DENUNMISTAKABLE MASSIVE BOULDERS. PHOTO c1895.
PHOTOGRAPHER EMBOSSED ON LOWER MOUNT:
J.I.Mumper
29 Baltimore St.
GETTYSBURG,PA.
Levi Mumper (1843-1916) opened a photographic gallery in Gettysburg c.1864. His imprints generally read, "L. Mumper" or "Mumper & Co.". He moved to Littlestown, PA in 1869, returning to his former Gettysburg studio in 1874. Most of Levi's battlefield scenes appear to have been taken beginning in the mid-1870s. He sold the photographic business to his son Jacob Ira Mumper (1867-1923) c.1895. Jacob continued the business, using a predominant imprint of "J.I. Mumper", until 1911, when it was taken over by Jacob's brother Clyde (1879-1967). Clyde and another brother, John A. (1874-1957) operated the business until it was closed in 1948, using the major imprint "Mumper Studios".
PERIOD HAND OPAQUED CAPTION IN THE NEGATIVE ON THE LOWER LEFT:
No1475
DEVIL'S DEN
Devil's Denis a boulder-strewn hill on the south end of Houck's Ridge at Gettysburg Battlefield, used by artillery and sharpshooters on the second day of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.
SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST
OUTER MOUNT DEMENSIONS: 5 11/16" x 6 13/16"
CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE OVERALL WITH SOME HANDLING FROM ITS 129+ YEARS.
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