Ed Krivoniak writes:
Are there any surviving pictures of William Barber, the 5th Chief Engraver of the U.S. mint? I have found plenty of his son Charles E. but haven't been able to find any of William.
Actually, this question has been addressed before, in October 2006. Here's an excerpt.
-Editor
Dick Johnson wrote:
U.S. Mint Chief Engraver William Barber was a
heavy set man. There is a tiny illustration of him -- but he is not
identified -- in a group photograph of the engraving department on
page 38 (it is Roman numeral "xxxviii" in the Introduction) of Robert
Julian's "Medals of the United States Mint The First Century,
1792-1892." Barber is shown with mallet raised standing behind a
table of medal dies in the center of the room.
This same image also appeared on a postcard in a set of sixteen
interior photographs within the Third U.S. Mint building in
Philadelphia shortly after the Mint moved into the new building at
16th & Spring Garden Street in 1904.
Barbara Gregory, editor of the American Numismatic
Association's NUMISMATIST Magazine was able to provide a copy of the photo. But those were the days when The E-Sylum was a text-only publication.
I scanned the photo from my copy of Julian's book - it appears here.
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
WILLIAM BARBER'S PICTURE AND PROFESSIONAL IMAGE
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v09n44a05.html)
Wayne Homren, Editor
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