Just the other day I posted a few photos of young men and reader Mike Brubaker pointed out the “gleaming camera” used in the backmark. Here again is a gleaming camera plus an added cherub on the backmark for J. R. Fisher of Fremont, PA. Notice that the backmark says “Yours truly, J. R. Fisher…” I have never seen that, as though the photographer has sent the CdV himself as a note or as the proverbial visiting card. I believe this particular photo can be dated to the 1870s due to the rounded corners and oval masking of the photo.
Who Were They? 
Fremont, PA is now Mt. Pleasant Mills, PA. Its located nearish to Selinsgrove in the middle of the state.
His gravestone is in FindAGrave.
Private John R Fisher. Born Jul 1838, died at the age of 66 on Nov. 21, 1904. Civil War Veteran. Served with Co. C 210th Pa Infantry Sep 1864 to May 1865.
Saint Johns Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Sometimes I wonder what made them pick the styles and writing on the back..does the Angel and the Star have any meaning? Perhaps he meant he was a bit of an angel:)
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I’m honored to get a mention. The gleam and star might indeed have some fraternal or masonic symbolism. But the camera seems a rare illustration of the tools of Mr. Fisher’s occupation. Perhaps it was used for his studio sign and advertisements as a way of being different from the other photographers.
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