Camera Hat Man
The fellow in these amazing pictures is wearing a suit made from albumen prints but I'm not sure whether or not that camera hat actually worked. There were 4 such shots taken and it may or may not be a self portrait by Carleton E. Watkins from ~1870. There's also a photo of the same guy in kilt 10 years later.
"Often lauded as the most important American photographer of the 19th
century,
Watkins prodigious photographic record of the American West is unrivalled for the period."
Watkins prodigious photographic record of the American West is unrivalled for the period."
These were among a collection of 330 photographs that sold a couple of days ago for $70,000. [via]
{the above pics are made from spliced screencaps}
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