Showing posts with label 1851. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1851. Show all posts

Monday, November 2, 2015

Daguerreotype View of Fort Howard From Across the Fox River in Green Bay, Wisconsin (1851)


Daguerreotype view of Fort Howard from across the Fox River in Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1851. The officer standing on the wharf is identified as a Major Haller.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Two Daguerreotype Views Made Into Two Time-Lapse Animations of People, Boats, and Buildings Along the San Joaquin River in Stockton, California (1851)

Time-lapse animated view #1 with background in focus.

Time-lapse animated view #2 with items in foreground in focus.

"View of Corinthian Building across the Stockton Channel." Source.

"View of Corinthian Building across the Stockton Channel." What looks like a person is visible climbing the mast of the boat on the right. Source.

Two daguerreotype views made into two time-lapse animations of people, boats, and buildings along the the San Joaquin River in Stockton, California, c. 1851. By William Herman Rulofson.

Friday, January 2, 2015

Hand-Colored Daguerreotype Portrait of a Group of Tyrolean Musicians (1851)


Hand-colored daguerreotype portrait of a group of Tyrolean musicians, c. 1851. They performed for Queen Victoria at least twice. By Richard Beard.

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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Animated Stereoscopic Daguerreotype Portrait of Sir Charles Wheatstone With His Family and an Unidentified Invention (1851)


Animated stereoscopic daguerreotype portrait of English scientist and inventor Sir Charles Wheatstone posing with his family and an unidentified invention, c. 1851. By Antoine Claudet.

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