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America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864

 
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Type: Course Related Materials
Grade Level: Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary
Subject: Social Sciences
Institution Name: Library of Congress
Collection Name: free.ed.gov

Abstract: consists of more than 650 photographs dating from 1839 to 1864. Portrait daguerreotypes produced by the Mathematics and Statisticsew Brady studio make up the major portion of the collection. The collection also includes early architectural views by John Plumbe, several Philadelphia street scenes, early portraits by pioneering daguerreotypist Robert Cornelius, and copies of painted portraits.

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