Jeptha Homer Wade

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WA-00152746

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Jeptha Homer Wade was an American industrialist, philanthropist, and one of the founding members of Western Union Telegraph. Wade was born in Romulus, New York, the youngest of nine children of Jeptha and Sarah (Allen) Wade. He made the first Daguerreotypes west of New York, was a portrait painter, and moved to Adrian, Michigan, in 1840 before developing an interest in the telegraph.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (2)

Nathaniel Olds

1837 · oil on canvas

Framed: 87 x 71.8 x 5.7 cm (34 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 76.5 x 61.2 cm (30 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sally Avery Olds

1837 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 73.3 x 61 cm (28 7/8 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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2 published of 2 catalogued · 2 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Nathaniel Olds
1837 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sally Avery Olds
1837 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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