Wm. H. Dutcher. The Young Pedestrian carte-de-visite full length standing portrait of Dutcher in his sporting attire

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$350 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Carte-de-visite photograph by K. T. Sheldon, on original mount with printed caption below the image. Approx. 4-1/4x2-1/2 inches. Minor wear. Item #364984 On July 12, 1875, William H. Dutcher, age 27, from Poughkeepsie, New York, attempted to break Edward P. Weston's pedestrianism record of walking 500 miles in six days, including 115 miles in a twenty-four hour period. Leaving from Martin's Hall in North Adam's Massachusetts, it was claimed that

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