"George G. Rockwood Is Dead; Had Made Photographs of 350,000 Persons; Was in His 80th Year—His First Camera Work Done in 1853 in St. Louis and His First Subject Baron Rothschild—Long List of Famous Sitters." N.Y. Sun. July 12, 1911: 7 col 3.
"the oldest living American boy chorister is Mr. George G. Rockwood, who sang in this choir as a boy sixty years ago, and who is singing yet. The first choir-dress worn in this country was worn in this same church. The boys wore a uniform — the girls, poke-bonnets and purple capes. Master Rockwood sang his first concert solo when he was nine years old. His uncle, Warren B. Rockwood (the first American countertenor), had written for the lad the words and music of an aria entitled 'Look Aloft and Be Firm,' and it was this solo that launched young George upon his concert career. He sang it everywhere, and it always aroused his auditors to pronounced demonstrations of approval."
Dean, Frederick. "Boy Choristers." St. Nicholas 29(6). April 1902. 542. http://books.google.com/books?id=qLNNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA542.
George Gardner Rockwood's brother Elihu R. Rockwood was also a photographer:
"Gen. Elihu R. Rockwood Dead; Was Manager of the Rockwood Photograph Studios; Famous Also as a Grand Army Man and for His Abilities in Telling Wartime Stories—Friend of Many Noted Men Who Had Been Sitters at the Studio." N.Y. Sun. March 31, 1908: 7 col 5.
"the oldest living American boy chorister is Mr. George G. Rockwood, who sang in this choir as a boy sixty years ago, and who is singing yet. The first choir-dress worn in this country was worn in this same church. The boys wore a uniform — the girls, poke-bonnets and purple capes. Master Rockwood sang his first concert solo when he was nine years old. His uncle, Warren B. Rockwood (the first American countertenor), had written for the lad the words and music of an aria entitled 'Look Aloft and Be Firm,' and it was this solo that launched young George upon his concert career. He sang it everywhere, and it always aroused his auditors to pronounced demonstrations of approval."
Dean, Frederick. "Boy Choristers." St. Nicholas 29(6). April 1902. 542. http://books.google.com/books?id=qLNNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA542.
George Gardner Rockwood's brother Elihu R. Rockwood was also a photographer:
"Gen. Elihu R. Rockwood Dead; Was Manager of the Rockwood Photograph Studios; Famous Also as a Grand Army Man and for His Abilities in Telling Wartime Stories—Friend of Many Noted Men Who Had Been Sitters at the Studio." N.Y. Sun. March 31, 1908: 7 col 5.
"George G. Rockwood Is Dead; Had Made Photographs of 350,000 Persons; Was in His 80th Year—His First Camera Work Done in 1853 in St. Louis and His First Subject Baron Rothschild—Long List of Famous Sitters." N.Y. Sun. July 12, 1911: 7 col 3.
"the oldest living American boy chorister is Mr. George G. Rockwood, who sang in this choir as a boy sixty years ago, and who is singing yet. The first choir-dress worn in this country was worn in this same church. The boys wore a uniform — the girls, poke-bonnets and purple capes. Master Rockwood sang his first concert solo when he was nine years old. His uncle, Warren B. Rockwood (the first American countertenor), had written for the lad the words and music of an aria entitled 'Look Aloft and Be Firm,' and it was this solo that launched young George upon his concert career. He sang it everywhere, and it always aroused his auditors to pronounced demonstrations of approval."
Dean, Frederick. "Boy Choristers." St. Nicholas 29(6). April 1902. 542. http://books.google.com/books?id=qLNNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA542.
George Gardner Rockwood's brother Elihu R. Rockwood was also a photographer:
"Gen. Elihu R. Rockwood Dead; Was Manager of the Rockwood Photograph Studios; Famous Also as a Grand Army Man and for His Abilities in Telling Wartime Stories—Friend of Many Noted Men Who Had Been Sitters at the Studio." N.Y. Sun. March 31, 1908: 7 col 5.
"the oldest living American boy chorister is Mr. George G. Rockwood, who sang in this choir as a boy sixty years ago, and who is singing yet. The first choir-dress worn in this country was worn in this same church. The boys wore a uniform — the girls, poke-bonnets and purple capes. Master Rockwood sang his first concert solo when he was nine years old. His uncle, Warren B. Rockwood (the first American countertenor), had written for the lad the words and music of an aria entitled 'Look Aloft and Be Firm,' and it was this solo that launched young George upon his concert career. He sang it everywhere, and it always aroused his auditors to pronounced demonstrations of approval."
Dean, Frederick. "Boy Choristers." St. Nicholas 29(6). April 1902. 542. http://books.google.com/books?id=qLNNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA542.
George Gardner Rockwood's brother Elihu R. Rockwood was also a photographer:
"Gen. Elihu R. Rockwood Dead; Was Manager of the Rockwood Photograph Studios; Famous Also as a Grand Army Man and for His Abilities in Telling Wartime Stories—Friend of Many Noted Men Who Had Been Sitters at the Studio." N.Y. Sun. March 31, 1908: 7 col 5.
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