Magic Lantern

Levi L. Hill Color Daguerreotype

Charles Christofle Scale brand

Alexis Gaudin , Star brand

Daguerreotype saloon

Jeremiah Gurney (1812-1886)

Portrait of Jeremiah Gurney (1812-1886), New York daguerrotypist



"Two Girls in Identical Dresses", Daguerreotype, 4 7/16 x 3 1/4 in. (11.3 x 8.2 cm)
c1857
Jeremiah Gurney (1812-1886)



Gurney's Daguerrean Saloon
c1843

Francois Gouraud

Daguerreotype by Anthony & Edwards
Engraved by T. Doney, NY

photographed by Mathew Brady

Congressman William McKinley,
photographed by Mathew Brady around 1877.

Joseph Petzval's Design of 1840

Samuel F.B. Morse's 1823 painting

Wolcott System

Alexander S Wolcott camera

Transferred from the U.S. Patent Office to the Smithsonian, 1908
Catalog 697 Negative number: 76-4208
Information Technology and Society Division, NMAH

Alexander S Wolcott camera US Patent No 1582

Boulevard du Temple, Paris - Daguerreotype taken by Louis Daguerre.

Boulevard du Temple, Paris - Daguerreotype taken by Louis Daguerre.
Louis Daguerre circa 1838/39