Fay, Herbert Wells.
Photograph collector and custodian of Lincoln Monument in Springfield, Illinois.
Herbert Wells Fay, born in 1859, became a newspaperman and county surveyor in DeKalb County, Illinois. He began collecting photos in 1869 and, eventually, owned 50,000 prints and negatives of notable politicians, royalty, entertainers, and scientists.
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