Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1899 — Rockefeller’s First Photograph. [ARTICLE]

Rockefeller’s First Photograph.

John D. Rockefeller, when a poor lad, had his first picture taken with his class at Oswego Academy, Oswego, N. Y., in 1853. It was a daguerreotype. Mr. Rockefeller had tried in vain to buy it from his former teacher, William Smyth. Mr. Smyth died a short time ago, and his son has since sent the picture to the millionaire.—Saturday Post.