Calvin H. Greene

Walking tour stop 3 of 28

b. 1817, d. October 31, 1898, 81 years. Sec. 2-041. Mr. Greene started a correspondence with Henry D. Thomas in the 1850's. At Mr. Greene's request, Thomas had the first photograph taken of himself, the famous Maxham Daguerreotpye now in the National Portrait Gallery. A copy of this portrait hangs in the Rochester Hills Public Library, the gift of an anonymous donor.