I was recently made aware of a page at the Historic Camera web site about John Adams Whipple (1822-1891) who pioneered photography in America during the 19th Century. He was the “first in the United States to take up the manufacture of chemicals that were used in the daguerreotype process.” He became the “most successful portrait photographer in Boston, with buildings and historical monuments his specialty.”
We hope you enjoy reading about John.
By Weldon Whipple
As I was going through some old photos yesterday, I found a few that I took while visiting my daughter in England in August 2005. At the time I had realized that I am not a descendant of the Bocking/Ipswich Whipples, so I wasn’t particularly motivated to go see Bocking. Having a spare day, we decided to look for Bocking and St. Mary’s Church. (I am the Whipple Website’s Webmaster, after all, and I had already decided to accept all Whipples in the Whipple Genweb.)
Continue reading Our Visit to St. Mary’s Church, Bocking, England
Today as I was trying to answer an email question, I stumbled (again) across Appendix One (pp. 958-1015) in the first volume of Blaine Whipple’s monumental 4-volume work entitled 15 Generations of Whipples: Descendants of Matthew Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Abt 1590-1647 (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9801022-0-8 [volume 1 only]; ISBN 978-09801022-4-6 [4-volume set]). While thumbing through its pages, page 969 caught my eye:
Continue reading Thomas Whipple of Bishops Stortford Mentioned by Blaine Whipple
Addison Beecher Colvin “Cal” Whipple, war correspondent who became a Washington reporter for Life magazine in 1943, died on St. Patrick’s Day. Cal was responsible for publishing a controversial “Picture of the Week” in Life in 1943, next to an editorial about the reality of World War II. “War Bond sales skyrocketed; and the [government’s] censorship rule was abolished.”
Continue reading A.B.C. Whipple, 1918-2013
The Whipples of Ipswich and Its Hamlet / as written and compiled by Raymond A. Whipple Jr. — 2d ed. — Beverly, MA : Minuteman Press, c2009. — 72 p. : ill. (some col.), coats of arms, facsimiles, genealogical tables, maps ; 28 cm. — ISBN 978-1-60402-000-7.
Which John?
I see there is still some doubt among Whipple researchers about exactly which John Whipple it was that sailed from England to New England in 1632. Since I am probably at least responsible for the continuing confusion, I should also help set the record straight.
Continue reading John Whipple Sailed the Lyon to America