Simon Wing

Simon Wing in his later years.

Simon Wing (August 29, 1826 – December 17, 1910) was a daguerreotypist, camera inventor and socialist politician. He is best remembered as the first candidate of the Socialist Labor Party of America for President of the United States, running for that office in 1892.

Photographer with a Simon Wing camera, c1860

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