William H. Tipton

William Henry Tipton (August 5, 1850 – September 20, 1929) was a noted American photographer of the second half of the 19th century, most noted for his extensive early photography of the Gettysburg Battlefield and the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

After the Battle of Gettysburg Tipton allegedly helped Mathew Brady to photograph the battlefield.

[2] He became quite popular as an outdoor portrait photographer, taking thousands of photographs of visitors to the Gettysburg battlefield, where he established Tipton Park to encourage tourism.

[4] He eventually became one of America's best known landscape and portrait photographers, but images of Civil War battlefields remained a mainstay, including Gettysburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, Chancellorsville, and Harpers Ferry.

Tipton served on Gettysburg's town council and also in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.