Daniel F. Bakeman
Daniel F. Bakeman, who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and later received a veteran’s pension, lived from 1759 until 1869. This picture of him was taken in 1868, when he was 109 years old, just one year before he passed away.
Daniel F. Bakeman
Frederick Douglass
Solemn-faced After he escaped from Maryland while still a slave, Frederick Douglass became a symbol of the abolitionist movement in the 1800s. Dated between 1847 and 1852, this image was likely captured then. Douglass reportedly cared a great deal about how he was perceived by the public and actively sought to present himself as a serious, stern figure. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a prominent feminist of the nineteenth century, aptly characterized Douglass as “majestic in his wrath.”
Frederick Douglass
