Daguerreotypes Gallery

An early daguerreotype of the moon, taken by John Adams Whipple and George Phillips Bond with the 15-inch refractor at the Harvard College Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 26 February 1852

DAGUERREOTYPE: MOON, 1852.
An early daguerreotype of the moon, taken by John Adams Whipple and George Phillips Bond with the 15-inch refractor at the Harvard College Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 26 February 1852

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1852, Adams, American, Astronomy, Bond, Carousel Collection, Crater, Daguerreotype, February, Frame, George, Harvard University, John, Massachusetts, Mid, Moon, North, Observatory, Phillips, Shadow, Space, Spot, Spotted, Telescope, Whipple

(1829-1889). American blind deaf-mute, the first blind deaf-mute successfully educated by systematic means. Oil over a daguerreotype

LAURA DEWEY BRIDGMAN
(1829-1889). American blind deaf-mute, the first blind deaf-mute successfully educated by systematic means. Oil over a daguerreotype

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19th Century, American, Blind, Bridgman, Daguerreotype, Dark, Deaf, Dewey, Glasses, Handicap, Laura, Mid, Mute, Portrait, Shade, Woman

View of the south side of the White House. Daguerreotype, c1846, attributed to John Plumbe, Jr

WHITE HOUSE, c1846.
View of the south side of the White House. Daguerreotype, c1846, attributed to John Plumbe, Jr

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1846, American, Architecture, Building, Daguerreotype, Exterior, John, Middle, North, Plumbe, White, White House