LARGE TIPTON PHOTO – PARK COMMISSION TABLET NEAR ZIEGLER’S GROVE

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William Henry Tipton (1850–1929) was born in Gettysburg, and began apprenticing to photographer brothers Isaac and Charles Tyson at the age of twelve. Although the Tysons closed shop during the Battle of Gettysburg, “According to Tipton’s obituary, Tipton assisted Mathew Brady, the famous Civil War Photographer, in photographing scenes of the battlefield in the days following” (“William Tipton”). In 1866 Tipton and a partner, Robert Myers, purchased the Tyson studio, and in 1880 Tipton went into business on his own, as the W. H. Tipton Company. He photographed views of the battlefield, war monuments, and the surrounding town, and made portraits of tourists and veterans. He also served on the Gettysburg town council and was active in the Republican Party, serving a term as a state representative. He championed several controversial efforts to promote Gettysburg tourism and commercialize memorialization of the battlefield.

The marker at center summarizes the transfer of land to the War Department for the establishment of the National Military Park as outlined by the Sickles Act.  Taken around the time the marker was erected, the background of the Ziegler’s Grove area shows turn-of-the-century houses and outbuildings, fences, and expansive farm fields. The condition of the photo is near-perfect, but the mounting card shows notable top corner loss, minor bottom corner loss and a section of the card is missing at left (all would be obscured by mounting and framing). The back features penciled notations reading “320-Ashland Bek.(?)/Bep.(?)/Blk.(?) 110-60 ea/2/5433/5433”. Overall measurements are 11.9” x 10.8”.

Tipton’s photographic collection – including early prints such as this – helped to shape popular memory of the battle and are an important but rare record of the Gettysburg battlefield’s evolving place in history.  This print is part of a singular private collection and archive acquired by the Horse Soldier and would make quite the unique and important addition to any Civil War or Gettysburg-centric collection.  [cm][ph:L]

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