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Described by his contemporaries as Daguerre's most dedicated follower, Thomas M. Easterly did most of his work in the relative obscurity of St. Louis. This lavi

The American daguerreotype as something completely new: a mechanical invention that produced an image, a hybrid of fine art and science and technology. The dagu

By the middle of the nineteenth century, the most common method of photography was the daguerreotype—Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre’s miraculous invention th

Newhall discusses the initial introduction of the daguerreotype in America in 1839, the beginnings of the daguerreotype industry, the entrepreneurs and innovato

Upon its introduction in 1839, the daguerreotype was hailed as a magical reflection of reality. Today, these early examples of the first practical photographic