Daguerreotype Portrait of Franklin Pierce Believed to be Taken The Year Before He Became President of the United States (1852)

Daguerreotype portrait of Franklin Pierce believed to be taken the year before he became President of the United States, c. 1852. By Southworth and Hawes.

Source: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

Daguerreotype Portrait of Elisa and John McAllister (1849)

Daguerreotype portrait of Elisa (left) and John McAllister, July 23, 1849. By the Langenheim brothers.

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Daguerreotype Portrait of Three Men Identified as Henry, George, and Stephen Childs (1842)

Daguerreotype portrait of three men identified as (from left to right) Henry, George, and Stephen Childs, November 25, 1842. By John Plumbe.

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Hand-Colored Ambrotype Portrait of an Unidentified Virginia Military Institute Cadet

Hand-colored ambrotype portrait of an unidentified Virginia Military Institute cadet, c. 1860.

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