Showing posts with label thomas easterly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thomas easterly. Show all posts

Saturday, September 5, 2026

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.

Friday, April 10, 2026

Daguerreotype Photo of a Group Posing in Front of a Building Containing J. H. Phillips' Photograph Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri (1865)


Daguerreotype of a group posing in front of a building containing J. H. Phillips' Photograph Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri, 1865. A display case of sample photos is visible at bottom right in front of the staircase and probably J. H. Phillips himself is posing in the second floor window of the gallery (which he had recently purchased). The photo is said to be a copy photo of a daguerreotype which was probably originally taken by Thomas Easterly. Easterly is the last known American daguerrean-era photographer to continue taking daguerreotypes into the 1870s.
 

Friday, December 13, 2024

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.

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Daguerreotype Portrait of a Group Posing in Front of Niagara Falls Attributed to Photographer Thomas Easterly (1840s/1850s)

 

Daguerreotype portrait of a group posing in front of Niagara Falls attributed to Thomas Easterly, c. 1850. A section from an 1838 poem about Niagara Falls by J. S. Buckingham is inscribed on the bottom of the plate and is signed in part "Easterly Daguerrean" at the end. The photo was possibly actually taken by photographer Platt D. Babbit, as he was known to take many photographs from this position during the 1850s.

Source: Missouri Historical Society.