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Louis Melcher in hunting gear at El Campo in 1902 with his dog, courtesy of the Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives. -
Melcher’s view of the east side of the public square in La Grange taken from the upper balcony of the Fayette County courthouse in 1895. Notice that the people are all posing for the photograph. Courtesy of the Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives.
Louis Melcher’s beautiful landscape photography has ensured his place of prominence in Fayette County’s history. Whereas many early photographers satisfied their creative energy with portrait photography, Melcher was prolific in documenting everyday life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in a manner that is both creative and instructive. Louis Melcher was born on July 15, 1870,…
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