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I.D. Waterman, photograph by C.W. Terpening, 1876.
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Lettering: History. I was brought to light Feb. 19th 1848 ... The lettering in verse by C.W. Terpening is printed on the verso of the mount: "History. I was brought to light Feb. 19th 1848, / Thank Heaven I didn't longer wait - / When I was eighteen months old / Medicine crippled me as you behold; / But in years, I'm now twenty-nine, / And weigh one hundred and twenty-five. / I measure round the full of my chest / Forty-two inches, at the best; / And round the muscle of my arm, / Just fifteen inches to a charm. / My health is not the best you see, / Though I'm always happy as I can be; / And if you have any desire to know / Who made the picture you now hold, / And wrote these poetical lines / Stop at Creston some of these times, / Call on C. W. Terpenning, by name / Who makes a picture you can't blame. / Now if you wish to prosper in the land, / Pay 25cts. for the history of this man; / And then you'll live the "Golden Rule" / If you were in his place he would do so by you / And I know he'll thank you for the same, / And I. D. Waterman is his name"
Title: I.D. Waterman, photograph by C.W. Terpening, 1876.
Description:
Lettering: History.
I was brought to light Feb.
19th 1848 .
The lettering in verse by C.
W.
Terpening is printed on the verso of the mount: "History.
I was brought to light Feb.
19th 1848, / Thank Heaven I didn't longer wait - / When I was eighteen months old / Medicine crippled me as you behold; / But in years, I'm now twenty-nine, / And weigh one hundred and twenty-five.
/ I measure round the full of my chest / Forty-two inches, at the best; / And round the muscle of my arm, / Just fifteen inches to a charm.
/ My health is not the best you see, / Though I'm always happy as I can be; / And if you have any desire to know / Who made the picture you now hold, / And wrote these poetical lines / Stop at Creston some of these times, / Call on C.
W.
Terpenning, by name / Who makes a picture you can't blame.
/ Now if you wish to prosper in the land, / Pay 25cts.
for the history of this man; / And then you'll live the "Golden Rule" / If you were in his place he would do so by you / And I know he'll thank you for the same, / And I.
D.
Waterman is his name".
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