Edward A. Bass: Doctor and Amateur Photographer

Edward A. Bass: Doctor and Amateur Photographer at the Wisconsin Historical Society. "...Dr. Edward Alpheus Bass was a practicing physician in Montello when he purchased a Velox camera from the local newspaper office in 1892. The newspaper, the Montello Express, reported that Dr. Bass had 'no experience in photography, but during the week has taken a number of most perfect pictures.' More than 130 of his 'most perfect pictures,' taken between 1892 and 1911, are preserved on glass negatives donated to the Society by his son, and are the subject of this month's feature gallery."