Levin Corbin Handy
Levin Corbin Handy (August 10, 1855 – March 26, 1932) was an American photographer who worked during the 19th and early 20th century. Civil War photographer Mathew Brady was Handy's uncle by marriage, and Handy was apprenticed to him at age twelve. After a few years of working in Brady's studio, he was a skilled camera operator.
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Levin Corbin Handy
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- Name
- Levin C.
- Born
- 10 August 1855
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., U.S.
- Died
- 26 March 1932
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer
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Levin Corbin Handy (August 10, 1855 – March 26, 1932) was an American photographer who worked during the 19th and early 20th century. Civil War photographer Mathew Brady was Handy's uncle by marriage, and Handy was apprenticed to him at age twelve. After a few years of working in Brady's studio, he was a skilled camera operator.
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Later, Handy became an independent photographer in Washington, D.C. In the 1880s, he formed a partnership with Samuel C. Chester; following that, he and Chester worked as partners with Brady. Handy shot individual portraits, and provided photographic and photoduplication services for United States Federal agencies. Between 1880 and 1896, he documented the construction of the Library of Congress's Thomas Jefferson Building. • Illustration — Levin Handy photograph of Confederate General Robert E. Lee Following his uncle's death in 1896, Handy acquired Mathew Brady's remaining files of photographs.
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Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy · Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http: CALL NUMBER: LC-BH83- 12 P P [P P]
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• Name — Levin C. Handy • Born — 10 August 1855 • Birthplace — Washington, D.C., U.S. • Died — 26 March 1932 • Place of death — Washington, D.C., U.S. • Relatives — Mathew Brady (uncle by marriage)
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- 1.James D. Doran. Matthew Brady Historian. Random House Value Publishing. 25. 1988.
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