| Birth: | 1809 | | Death: | 1857, USA | 
Plumbe was one of the very first photographers in America, taking up the practice very shortly after Samuel F. B. Morse brought the idea from France in 1839. The first professional photographer on Washington D. C., some of Plumbe's work consists of the very earliest daguerreotypes of the U. S. Capitol Building. In addition to his photographic endeavors, beginning as early as 1836, he was a staunch proponent and agitator for a transcontinental railroad from the Great Lakes to the Pacific. (bio by: Don Connelly)
Search Amazon for John Plumbe | | | Burial:
Linwood Cemetery
Dubuque
Dubuque County
Iowa, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Don Connelly
Record added: Dec 08, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 6018806 |
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I light a candle for John Plumbe, Jr ...
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Candles
Added: Jan. 21, 2012 |
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Ann
Added: Apr. 18, 2011 |
My father John Plumbe told me your story. He said you were an uncle,his father came from Dubuque. He told me your story, but didn't tell me how you died. His father was a John Plumbe also from Dubuque, married to Hannah Norton. It appears depression and a...(Read more)
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Devie Plumbe
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