DeLancey W.

Gill (1859–1940) was an American drafter, landscape painter, and

photographer. As a teenager, he moved in with an aunt in Washington, D.C., after
his mother and stepfather traveled west. He eventually found himself employed as an
architectural draftsman for the Treasury. He created sketches and watercolor
paintings of the city, with a particular focus on the still-undeveloped rural and
poorer areas of the district. While working as an illustrator for the Smithsonian's
Bureau of American Ethnology in the 1890s, he was appointed as the agency's
photographer without prior photographic training. He took portrait photographs that
circulated widely of thousands of Native American delegates to Washington,
including notable figures such as Chief Joseph and Geronimo. These photographs have
come under modern criticism for his frequent use of props and clothing, sometimes
outdated or inauthentic, given to the delegates. (Full article...)

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system. This photograph, taken in Tesla's laboratory in Colorado Springs in
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"magnifying transmitter" high-voltage generator while the machine produces huge
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were first photographed in the darkened room, then the photographic plate was
exposed again with the machine off and Tesla sitting in the chair. In his notes,
compiled in Colorado Springs Notes, 1899–1900, Tesla admitted that the photo is
false.

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