File:Park ranger demonstrates the physiognotrace (1a99ade5-155d-451f-6734-e18d51436b66).JPG

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English: Park ranger demonstrates the physiognotrace
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English: NPS photo
Title
English: Park ranger demonstrates the physiognotrace
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

A park ranger points to a white piece of paper while guiding a wooden tracing machine.

Charles Willson Peale had a physiognotrace - or silhouette maker - in his museum in the early 1800s. His enslaved servant, Moses Williams, operated the machine.

  • Keywords: second bank; physiognotrace; moses williams; inventions
Depicted place
English: Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Date Taken on 16 July 2010
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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INDE
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English: Second Bank of the United States

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