Daguerreotype collection 1839-1900.

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Daguerreotype collection 1839-1900.

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The American Antiquarian Society's photograph collection includes nearly 230 daguerreotypes. Daguerreotypes, the first commercial form of photography, appeared in America around the year 1839. These were produced by first sensitizing a polished silvered copper plate with iodine vapor, and then exposing the plate to light. The image was developed over hot mercury, fixed, and rinsed. This was a direct positive process, meaning that no negatives were produced, and so each daguerreotype is unique. Daguerreotypes can be easily distinguished from other early photographs by their reflective, mirror-like surface. They were generally produced in the following sizes, which are noted in the inventory: Imperial or Mammoth Plate - Larger than 6 1/2" x 8 1/2"; Whole Plate - 6 1/2" x 8 1/2"; Half Plate - 4 1/2" x 5 1/2"; Quarter Plate - 3 1/4" x 4 1/4"; Sixth Plate - 2 3/4" x 3 1/4"; Ninth Plate - 2"x 2 1/2"; Sixteenth Plate - 1 1/2" x 1 3/4" The collection includes daguerreotypes, some in cases, made mainly in the United States, with portraits of men, women and children. Notable subjects include Edgar Allan Poe, Clara Barton, Abby Kelly Foster Daniel Webster, with multiple portraits of Caroline Moore, Ida Adelia Barton, Elihu Burritt, Caroline Moore, Luther Holman Hale, Mary Louise May Pearson, and Dr. Samuel B. Woodward. There are a number of unidentified portraits in the collection. Rare views of San Francisco and Worcester are also included. Photographers represented in this collection include Luther Holman Hale, John Denison Baldwin, B.D. Maxham, Dr. Van Alstin, Moses Sanford Chapin, J.D. Wells, S. Peck & Co., Williamson Bros., George Adams, George Clark Jr., Samuel Root, Alfred P. Critchlow, and Meade & Bro.

217 photographs : daguerreotypes ; 17 x 22 cm. or smaller.

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Barton, Clara, 1821-1912

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Foster, Abby Kelley, 1811-1887

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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, poet, and critic. In 1834 Poe married his cousin Virginia, who was not quite fourteen at the time, and began seriously seeking a means of supporting "his family." In the spring of 1835, the family moved back to Richmond where Poe took a position with the Southern Literary Messenger . Poe used the opportunity to publish several of his poems and short tales in the paper, but he also began developing his reputation as a pugnacious critic by contr...

Root, Samuel I.

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Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879

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American reformer and linguist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Birmingham, to [Freeman H. Morse], 1869 May 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131472 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Springfield, Massachusetts, to Freeman H. Morse, 1854 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131738 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New Britain, Connecticut, to the Rev. W.H. Ward, 1873 Jan. 04. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2...

Moore, Caroline

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Baldwin, John D. (John Denison), 1809-1883

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John Denison Baldwin (1809-1883). From the description of Papers, 1834-1883. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191316986 ...

Chapin, Moses Sanford,

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Wells, Jeremiah D.,

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Van Alstin, Andrew Wemple,

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Hale, L.H., 1823-1885

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Williamson Brothers

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Samuel Peck & Co.,

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Maxham, B. D.,

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Critchlow, Alfred P.,

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Woodward, Samuel B. (Samuel Bayard), 1787-1850

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Pearson, Mary Louise May

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Adams, George, d. 1878?,

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Clark, George, Jr.,

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