Rev. Howard C. Cobbs, Forest Hill Presbyterian Church

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1010]

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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1010

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Summary

Howard C. Cobbs was a minister and photographer who attended Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia. He was known for his identification of a very early camera invented by polymath and portrait photographer John William Draper (who had taught at Hampden-Sydney in the late 1830s).

Subject

  • Cobbs, Howard C
  • Draper, John William 1811-1882
  • Hampden-Sydney College

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1010

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Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

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Topic

  • Photography
  • Portrait photography

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1010]

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