Daguerreotype Photo of the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana (1847)

 

Daguerreotype view of the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1847. Attributed to photographer Thomas Easterly. This is said to be one of the earliest surviving photos taken in New Orleans and the only photo of this iteration of the hotel before it was destroyed by a fire on January 18, 1851.

Source: Missouri Historical Society.

Cabinet Card Copy of a Daguerreotype of Streaks of Lightning Over St. Louis, Missouri, Taken by Photographer Thomas Easterly (1847)

 

Cabinet card copy of a daguerreotype of streaks of lightning over St. Louis, Missouri, taken by photographer Thomas Easterly at 9:00 PM on June 18, 1847. The original daguerreotype is said to be lost today and the Missouri Historical Society only has this cabinet card copy in their collections.

Source: Missouri Historical Society.

Animated Time-Lapse Daguerreotype Portrait of General John Wool With His Staff and Mexican Civilians in a Street in Saltillo, Mexico, During the Mexican-American War (1847)

Animated time-lapse daguerreotype portrait of General John Wool with his staff and Mexican civilians in a street in Saltillo, Mexico, taken by an unidentified photographer during the Mexican-American War 1847.

 Source: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Animated Time-Lapse Daguerreotype View of American Soldiers of the Virginia Regiment and Webster's Battalion in a Street in Saltillo, Mexico, During the Mexican-American War (1847)

Animated time-lapse daguerreotype view of American soldiers of the Virginia Regiment and Webster's Battalion in a street in Saltillo, Mexico, taken by an unidentified photographer during the Mexican-American War, c. 1847. It seems that the camera was moved slightly between photos and as a result they do not line up very well.

Sources: Amon Carter Museum of American Art and the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the Yale University Library.

Daguerreotype Portrait of 11-Year-Old Elihu Vedder Dressed As a Schoolboy (1847)

Daguerreotype portrait of 11-year-old Elihu Vedder dressed as a schoolboy, c. 1847. He would go on to be a noted American symbolist painter, book illustrator, and poet.

Source: Archives of American Art.

Daguerreotype Portrait of American Abolitionist Henry Clarke Wright (1847)

Daguerreotype portrait of American abolitionist Henry Clarke Wright,c. 1847. By Antoine Claudet.

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Daguerreotype of Peasants Posing With an Ox-Drawn Wagon in Switzerland (1847)

Daguerreotype of peasants posing with an ox-drawn wagon in Switzerland, c. 1847. By Jean-Gabriel Eynard.

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American Soldiers Posing in a Street in Saltillo, Mexico, During the Mexican-American War (1847)

"American Volunteer Infantry standing along a street in Saltillo, Mexico," c. 1847. American soldiers posing in a street in Saltillo, Mexico, during the Mexican-American War.

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Daguerreotype View of a Group of People on Board and Around a Docked Ship During the Mexican-American War (1847)

Daguerreotype view of a group of people, probably American soldiers and/or sailors, on board and around a docked ship, location unknown, c. 1847. From a collection of photographs documenting the Mexican-American War. The image is possibly related to American military transportation involved in the conflict.

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Daguerreotype Portrait of a Smiling Captain William H. Chapman and Captain Moses Merrill of the 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment During the Mexican-American War Believed to Have Been Taken in Veracruz, Mexico (1847)

Daguerreotype portrait of a smiling Captain William H. Chapman (left) and Captain Moses Merrill of the 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment during the Mexican-American War believed to have been taken in Veracruz, Mexico, April 1847. Merrill was killed in the 1847 Battle of Molino del Rey and Chapman went on to fight in the Civil War. Attributed to Charles J.C. Betts. One of the earliest surviving photograph of a smiling person.

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