Benjamin Franklin Upton (born August3, 1818after 1901) was a photographer who produced stereoscopic views in the United States, especially of natural features, architectural sights, pineries (

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operations) and recreational endeavors around the

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, St. Anthony, and

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area and its surroundings. Some of the images were labelled "Upton's Views". Upton was born in

Dixmont, Maine Dixmont is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,211 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Bangor Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Dixmont was originally granted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (of ...

. He began his photographic career working with

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s in Brunswick, and patented both a mercury bath technique and a device for polishing plates for use in the daguerreotype process. The

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and the

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have collections of

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s of his work. A ''

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'' of his photo of Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan (Medicine Bottle), one of the leaders of the

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, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.

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File:Dells of the St. Croix, by Upton, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818 or 1824-after 1901.jpg, Dells of the

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File:Falls of St. Anthony, by Upton, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818 or 1824-after 1901 5.jpg,

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at the Falls of St. Anthony File:Park place hotel, by Upton, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818 or 1824-after 1901.jpg, Park Place Hotel

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Upton, Benjamin Franklin 19th-century American photographers People from Dixmont, Maine 1818 births 1900s deaths

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