Self portrait of Alvan Harper, a white man with white hair and a bushy goatee, resting his head on one hand. He is wearing a striped white shirt with stuff in the front pocket.

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   Jessamyn (jessamyn@glammr.us)'s status on Sunday, 23-Mar-2025 06:16:35 JST Jessamyn

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   Early American photographers usually have interesting stories. Also, it's fun to track down selfies because most photographers have a picture of themself. Alvan Harper moved from PA to Tallahassee where he took a lot of photos of day-to-day life of both White and Black people. Much of his work was lost but some was found again. I did not write this article but I polished/expanded it AND found the picture of him. Easier to research once I realized he was also A. S. Harper

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvan_S._Harper