Background
Dwight Lathrop Elmendorf was born in 1859 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
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Dwight Lathrop Elmendorf
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He received his AB degree from Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1882 and an AM degree in 1885.
Career
Elmendorf was a teacher of the deaf from 1885 to 1897, a lecturer beginning in 1897, and a war correspondent from 1897 until the end of the Spanish-American War.
The travel photographer took views of landscapes and architecture in the Middle East and American West, with which he illustrated his books and lectures.
Achievements
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PUBLICATIONS Books: Madeira and the Mediterranean, 1924; A Trip to Puerto Rico with Dwight Lathrop Elmendorf, 1921; The Yosemite Valley, 1916; China, 1915; Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1915; The Holy Land, 1915; Yellowstone National Park, 1915; A Camera Crusade through the Holy Land, 1912; Lantern Slides, How to Make and Color Them, 1895.
Membership
Elmendorf belonged to the Kane Lodge, F. & A.M., the Order of Foreign Wars, the Holland Society, the Players, and the University, Princeton and Areola clubs. He also was a member of the New York Microscopic Society.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1882
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1885
Career
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1885 - 1897
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1897
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1897