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IcyPeas

(21,865 posts) Sun Mar 21, 2021, 03:29 AM Mar 2021

George Silas Duntley : Photographs Of Chicago and Bushnell, Illinois 1899-1918

Some great photos here.

George Silas Duntley : Photographs Of Chicago and Bushnell, Illinois 1899-1918
A trained surgeon who removed his own tonsils, Duntley worked as an eye surgeon in poor rural areas and was often paid in chickens.

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George Silas Duntley : Photographs Of Chicago and Bushnell, Illinois 1899-1918 (Original Post) IcyPeas Mar 2021 OP

The first photo Unknown Beatle Mar 2021 #1

I believe the Cherry sisters were a rather infamous vaudeville act rurallib Mar 2021 #2

My Great-Grandfather Geoffrey Mar 2021 #3

that is incredibly cool! welcome to DU and thanks for sharing that! NewHendoLib Mar 2021 #4

Thanks so much for checking in and letting us know, very cool! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 #6

Thanks, I love this stuff! abqtommy Mar 2021 #5

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)

1. The first photo

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sun Mar 21, 2021, 06:06 AM

Mar 2021

reminds me of the Miss Gulch / The Wicked Witch of the West.

rurallib

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2. I believe the Cherry sisters were a rather infamous vaudeville act

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sun Mar 21, 2021, 07:40 AM

Mar 2021

that drew people in because they were so bad they had to be seen to be believed.

Geoffrey

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3. My Great-Grandfather

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sun Mar 21, 2021, 10:58 PM

Mar 2021

Hey, that's my Great-Grandfather. His son Seibert Quimby Duntley went on to be a renowned optical physicist, known for bringing the MIT Visibility Laboratory to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in San Diego and several impactful visibility breakthroughs in the oceans, and in space. Brilliant; Like father like son.