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Wow. Just wow.
This man likely experienced the founding of the United States of America and still grew old enough to be immortalized in a photograph.
Astounding
Is the date of the photograph known?
Probably spoke the Pfälzisch/Hessian dialect of German as either his first or second language，given that his parents emigrated from what is now the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
He looks like he’s about to be visited by 3 ghosts
He looks mean.
Just think: this man saw the world move on from whale oil to whale oil. From horse-drawn wagons to wagons pulled by horses. From steam trains to.. well, you get it.
I wonder how long he had to sit there in order for whatever they used as “film” to actually imprint the image.
George Washington was born only 17 years before this man.
I know people get work done on their face, but has anyone else noticed that these kind of noses are not around as much? Growing up, most everyone I knew had a turned up nose, yet all the pictures and older people have a hook nose. I’ve often wondered if the turned up nose is a dominant gene or something.
[Here](https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/13423) is the source of this image (where you can zoom in pretty far). Per there:
> Conrad Heyer, Waldoboro, ca. 1852
> **Description::
> Conrad Heyer (1749-1856) was reputed to be the first white child born in Waldoboro, then a German immigrant community. Other sources list his birth date as 1753.
> He served in the Continental Army for one year, discharged mid-December 1777.
> Heyer bought a farm in Waldoboro after the war, where he lived the rest of his life. When he died in 1856, he was buried with full military honors. After the introduction of the daguerreotype to the United States, Heyer is credited as the earliest-born American to be photographed.
> **About This Item**
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Title:| Conrad Heyer, Waldoboro, ca. 1852
Creation Date: | circa 1852
Subject Date:| circa 1852
Location:| Waldoboro, Lincoln County, ME
Media:| Daguerreotype
Dimensions:| 9 cm x 7 cm
Local Code:| Coll. 443, Box 14/7
Object Type| Image
According to [here](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oldest-person-photographe_n_5366765):
> By Priscilla Frank
> May 27, 2014
> Feast your eyes on Conrad Hayer, a New England-dwelling vet of the American Revolution who, at 103 years old, decided to take advantage of a good old fashioned photo op.
> The lovely portrait above, courtesy of the Maine Historical Society, is a daguerreotype made in the year 1852. As such, it clocks in a bit after the contenders for the first photographs ever taken. Yet Hayer himself, born in 1749, was older than his contemporary photographic subjects, and is considered to be the first photo model ever born, making him… the earliest born person ever photographed.
> Plus, according to Imaging Resource, he is also the only photographed Revolutionary War veteran who served under George Washington and crossed the Delaware River to Valley Forge.
He certainly has a face for telegraph.
He’s older than USA.
All it took is one photo to make Conrad forever remembered. Just wait till we get his NPC ingames etc.
He interacted with people from the 1600’s probably
Only 27 when this picture was taken.
“You kids with your new contraptions! Always cotton gin this, printing press that!”
My guy looks like he gave his precious to his nephew.
And he would’ve gotten away with it had it not been for those meddling kids and that dog.
Conrad Heyer is tired of your shit.
This man has seen some shit.
“You’re just testing this out, right? Nobody else is going to see this?”
Can someone please do a restoration of this picture?
I know it’s not likely to be exactly true to the subject but even an historically accurate representation in full color and good resolution would do wonders for my imagination.
Do you have reason to dispute that John Adams (1744/45) is not the earliest born? Of Mary Munro Sanderson (1748)?
[List](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQeSO4Tx18q-ow053psorQ3VS4tfVVpfjWLzXQ5Gvmy1BDe-1ut_-UMRYsxDC1afC_8LmcV6e9GOWi8/pubhtml)
Crazy how short history really was. My great grandfather’s grandfather was born in 1821 and lived alongside a guy from the 1740s. There were civil war vets around in the 1920s and 30s
He’s never met me, but I can tell from the look on his eye that I disappoint him greatly.
His name is Conrad Heyer (I’d bet there are thousands of Conrad Heyers in America this very day) in a German settlement about 10 minites by car from what would become interstate 95.
Born in Walderboro, Massachusetts Bay Colony 1749 and died in Walderboro, Maine 1856.
He was a soldier in the revolution and ***was with Washington when they crossed the Delaware*** then returned home to stay. He was buried with full military honors.