The Sealed Attic

The Sealed Attic Geneva, New York. December 2020. David Whitcomb, a lawyer, bought an empty building. A law office occupied the floor below. Upstairs, a door had been sealed for decades. Inside: 19th-century glass-plate negatives. A photographer named J.E. Hale had left them. One plate showed Susan B. Anthony. It was the original of her known official portrait.