Portraits of Derrick Norman Lehmer (1867 - 1938)

Derrick Norman Lehmer was my great-grandfather, father of Derrick Henry Lehmer. Both Derrick N. Lehmer and Derrick H. Lehmer were professors of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. These are early portraits of Derrick Norman, covering mostly the period from his teenage years through college.

• Early Teenage Portrait
• In a military uniform. Dated 1885. We don't know if he served in the military or if it was a uniform for the high school he attended.
• Formal Portrait
• Portrait c. 1890
• Portrait c. 1890
• Sitting for a portrait - either as a graduate student or an assistant professor
• On the Clear Creek near Arvada, Wyoming, c. 1894 while working for the railroads as a surveyor.
• This picture is entitled "On the way to Germany, 1911." Perhaps traveling to a conference. The other gentlemen in the picture are not identified.
• Portrait c. 1893
• Portrait 1899
• Family portrait dated April 1914. From left, Derrick H. (9), Helen (10), Stephen (7), Alice (3) in Derrick N.'s arms, Mrs. Eunice Lehmer, and Eunice (11).
• Photograph labeled, "Picnic with Dick, Emma, Fosters of UC, Doris, Eunice, and D. N. L."
• Derrick Norman Lehmer on the balcony of his 4th floor office of Wheeler Hall.
• Portrait c. 1930
• Derrick and Eunice Mitchell Lehmer at Decatur, Ill., June 10, 1932.
• Derrick Norman Lehmer at the piano.
• Photo entitled: Derrick N. Lehmer as "Otter Chief," Crow Indian Mosque, Bozeman, Montana, June 4-6, 1927.
• Close up as "Otter Chief".
• Photo caption: "Derrick Norman Lehmer, 1867 - 1938. Mathematician, poet, composer."

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