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Luis Melcher in hunting gear with his dog in El Campo, 1902. Courtesy of Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives.
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East view of La Grange public square, taken by Melcher from the upper balcony of the Fayette County Courthouse in 1895. Note that people are all posing for pictures. Courtesy of Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives.
Lewis Melcher’s beautiful landscape photography has established him in Fayette County history. While many early photographers filled their creative energies with portraiture, Melcher found that he spent the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries documenting everyday life in creative and informative ways. was prolific. Louis Melcher was born on July 15, 1870,…
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