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3 unusual facts about Thomas Martin Easterly


Thomas Martin Easterly

He was brought back to Missouri by John Ostrander, founder of the first daguerreotype gallery in St. Louis, in early 1848.

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Born in Guilford, Vermont, he was the second of five children born to Tunis Easterly and Philomena Richardson.

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The two gained some notoriety from their photography of the criminals convicted of the murder of George Davenport in October of that year.



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