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(PHOTOGRAPHY.) Pair of portraits of Yale University confectionery workers. Albumen photographs, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches, on original plain tinted stiff paper; disbound from an album, minimal wear. [New Haven, CT, circa 1870s]
The seated man is Theodore "Candy Sam" Ferris, a blind candy vendor who worked at Yale for many years. His case is stenciled "Yale Confectionery." The identity of the other man, holding an empty basket, is unknown. The photographer was likely George Kendall Warren (1824-1884), who produced many college yearbooks during this era. Students would order their own custom collection of images, often including college faculty and staff as well as their classmates.
