when there’s an old photograph, AND the guy in it is really old, it’s like, wow, that guy is super old
Conrad Heyer, photographed in 1852 at the age of 103. He was born in 1749 and is thought to be the earliest-born person ever photographed.
Conrad was a teenager as the industrial revolution got underway. He saw the invention of steam powered trains and the steamboats across his lifetime.
He was mid twenties when the American independence war began. He fought under George Washington at the crossing of the delaware.
He was nearly 50 when pride and prejudice was written, and in his 60s when it was first published.
In his 70s the world’s oldest photograph was taken, Beethoven performed his most famous piece in Vienna, and the venus de milo was uncovered
In his 90s the first postage stamp was issued and the first ever telegraph was sent
Wow, that guy is super old
