Portrait of Bethuel Harvey Town of Arkwright, Chautauqua county, NY taken about 1875. The date is only a very rough estimate. Bethuel was a farmer, first known son of Aaron Town. He was probably born in Cortland county, NY about 1817.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...