Daguerreotypes Gallery

Hydraulic mining at Michigan City (later Michigan Bluff) in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. From a daguerreotype, 1850s

CALIFORNIA: MINING, 1850s.
Hydraulic mining at Michigan City (later Michigan Bluff) in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. From a daguerreotype, 1850s

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1850s, America, American, California, Carousel Collection, Daguerreotype, Gold, Gold Rush, Goldmine, Hydraulic, Man, Michigan Bluff, Michigan City, Mid, Miner, Mining, Mountain, Photograph, Sierra Nevada, Water, West, Work, Worker

(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