Creator Record

Metadata

Name

Wood, George Bacon, Jr.

Dates & places of birth and death

Born, January 8, 1832; Philadelphia, PA
Died, 1909

Nationality

American

Notes

Began taking pictures of the Adirondacks in the fall of 1873. Although he was an artist by profession and "made oils his livelihood" he became interested in photography and experimented in making "flash powder" developing his slides, combining and or exchanging backgrounds for special effects.