Early daguerreotype photo of a street on a market day in Baltimore, Maryland, c. 1840-1844. A number of market day vendors are visible on the left hand side of the street. Taken by photographer Henry Fitz, Jr.
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Daguerreotype Self-Portrait of a Man Believed to be John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1844)
Daguerreotype self-portrait of a man believed to be John Jabez Edwin Mayall, c. 1844.
Source: Library of Congress.
Saturday, March 24, 2018
Daguerreotype View of a House at the Corner of Chestnut Street and Strawberry Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1845)
Daguerreotype view of a house at the corner of Chestnut Street and Strawberry Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1845. By William Young McAllister.
Source: Library of Congress.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Daguerreotype Portrait of an Unidentified Man Believed to be a Hawaiian Missionary With His Hand on the Hiram Bingham Book “A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands”
Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man believed to be a Hawaiian missionary with his hand on the Hiram Bingham book “A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands,” c. 1850.
Source.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Daguerreotype of a Group of People Posing With a Wagon in Front of a Building in Thompson, Connecticut
Daguerreotype of a group of people posing with a wagon in front of a building in Thompson, Connecticut, c. 1850’s. A sign on the right side of the building advertises the possible photographer's studio inside. Attributed to L.J. Phillips.
Source.
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Daguerreotype Portrait of an Unidentified Man Wearing a Top Hat Posing With a Mallet and Chisel
Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man wearing a top hat posing with a mallet and chisel.
Source.
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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