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Then there was Epinetus Wheelwright who was originally from Britain. His father, his father’s father, and the father before that were all manufacturers of wagon and carraige wheels. Epinetus often told the story of how his family had manufactured all the carriage wheels for the Royal Family. No one ever questioned him but then no one had ever asked Epinetus to make or repair a wheel.
They would have been pleasantly surprised if they had done so.
Epinetus had large and strong hands. It could have been something that developed over several generations of wheel-wrighting. From another point of view maybe the family was in that business because of their naturally large and strong hands.
We should leave that question for Charles Darwin.
waldotomosky 
maybe he can say it while seeing his hands… that’s interesting to guess the profession of a man while watching his hands…
If you see a man working and there is no extra or false movements then you have just seen a master craftsman.
That would be a very early photo, over a decade before Daguerre 🙂
Good catch! I am surprised I did not get more comments critiquing it.
The first time an (ex) president of the USA was photographed was in 1843. See
http://petapixel.com/2015/05/23/20-first-photos-from-the-history-of-photography/
It is a fictional piece with fictional images.