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MOUNTED MUMPER GETTYSBURG PHOTO – SCHOOLHOUSE WITH POSING CHILDREN

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Levi "Lee" Mumper was born in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania on May 7, 1843. The second of seven children born to farm couple Samuel and Catherine (Shultz) Mumper, he completed a public-school education before becoming a cabinetmaking apprentice. In August 1862, the 19-year-old entered the Civil War by enlisting in Pennsylvania's Volunteer Infantry, Company I of the 127th Regiment. During the next nine months, he served under Colonel William W. Jennings. After his term of enlisted expired in May of 1863, Pvt. Mumper elected to settle in Gettysburg rather than re-enlisting. Although he was likely introduced to photography during his military service, it was only after meeting local photographers Charles and Isaac Tyson that his formal education commenced in earnest.

By 1864, the photographic novice went professional and purchased Samuel Weaver's studio located on Middle Street in downtown Gettysburg. "Mumper & Co." capitalized on the town's Civil War fame by recreating combat scenes on their actual locales. Mr. Mumper quickly established an impressive professional reputation rivaling the Tysons and another local Civil War photographer, William H. Tipton. He soon relocated to a larger gallery at 25 Baltimore Street, which specialized in the regionally popular battlefield stereoviews, and subsequently built up a sizeable clientele.

This photo of a Gettysburg area schoolhouse, complete with students and teachers, is mounted to a light gray card. The card shows moderate wear along its edges and corner loss at lower right.  A slight stain is noted at left along with three creases at right and bottom.  The reverse shows the aforementioned staining at its bottom edge and features a very nice logo at center which reads “MUMPER & CO., Battlefield Photographers, Gettysburg, PA.”  as well as a lithograph style montage of monuments and battlefield views. Written in pencil is “102197”. Overall measurements are 8” x 10”.

Though we are not able to positively identify the schoolhouse, this is an interesting image of Gettysburg’s many layers of history.  [cm][ph:L]

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