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Conrad Heyer, a Revolutionary War veteran, was the earliest-born American to ever be photographed and he was photographed in 1852 at the age of 103!

He’s also “the only U.S. veteran to be photographed who crossed the Delaware River alongside George Washington in December 1776”.

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