Orange Johnson

Basic details

Orange Johnson is an image, with genre photograph and portraits.

Its dimensions are 7.5 in x 5.13 in.

It was created around 1850-1860.

Worthington Historical Society is the contributor.

You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.

Background

This is a photograph of Orange Johnson (b.February 7, 1790-d.November 28, 1876), Worthington comb maker and entrepreneur who later became a successful manufacturer and banker. The portrait was produced by the Whitehurst Gallery in Washington D.C., which was owned and operated by Jesse Harrison, daguerreotypist, photographer and entrepreneur.

Tintypes and daguerrotypes were wildly popular during the 19th century. Portraiture was within the reach of everybody with the invention of these easily made and reproduced likenesses. Traveling photographers and photographic studios were present in the smallest town.

Subjects

It features the person Orange Johnson.

It covers the topic businessmen.

It covers the city Worthington.

Record details

This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs0648.

The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 57-G-15.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on April 29, 2002. It was last updated December 3, 2025.

Copyright

No Copyright - United States

Orange Johnson from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Orange Johnson. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.