Charles W. Cushman

Charles Weever Cushman (July 30, 1896 – June 8, 1972) was an American photographer, active during the early and mid-20th century.

[2] Cushman's maternal great-grandfather, Charles Weever, was a native of Maine who established a medical practice in Posey County, Indiana.

[2] Cushman was a reservist in the United States Navy in World War I,[3] during which he was a 1917 graduate of Indiana University.

His first color image, taken on September 3, 1938, featured a red Ford coupe, with the Golden Gate Bridge forming a backdrop.

[6] In 2012, Oxford University Press published The Day In Its Color: Charles Cushman's Photography Journey Through a Vanishing America.