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Usher, Ellis Baker (1852 - 1931) : Portrait Photograph with Facsimile Signature

C. N. Caspar Company

Circa 1900, sized 6 x 9.5 inches, on heavy gloss paper, generally very clean and bright. The author, b. Buxton, York County, Maine, June 21, 1852, was a Wisconsin newspaperman, author, and politician. He moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1855, settling in La Crosse. Usher attended the local schools, spent one year at Lombard University, Galesburg, Illinois, and in 1873 became a reporter for the La Crosse Republican and Leader. In 1875, he purchased a half interest in the La Crosse Liberal Democrat, changed its name to the La Crosse Morning Chronicle in 1878, and in 1879 acquired sole ownership of the paper. From 1879 to 1889 he published the La Crosse Morning Chronicle in association with his father, Issac Lane Usher, and after his father's death in 1889 continued to publish the paper alone until 1901. A Democrat, Usher was chairman of the state central committee from 1887 - 1890, and from 1878 to 1881 was secretary of the La Crosse board of trade. In 1901, he moved to Milwaukee, where for many years he operated his own advertising agency, and devoted much of his time to his interest in Wisconsin history. Usher was the author of the monumental, Wisconsin: It's Story And Biography, published by The Lewis Company, Chicago, 1914, in 8 volumes.. Print. Book Condition: VG. Binding: No Binding

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