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• n  a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor

• Jos Arcadio, the founding father, all common sense when it comes to law or town design, is lured into alchemy and other esoteric sciences; he tries to use a daguerreotype .
• A copy of the earliest known daguerreotype, a still life of a corner of Louis Daguerre's studio showing plaster Cupids heads, a bas relief and a large straw covered wine bottle .
• By the end of the century, both David and Le Dsert were considered as out of date as a daguerreotype.

News & Articles

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• Daguerreotypes offer windows to city's past
  When the Taft Museum of Art scheduled a touring daguerreotype show, it was the right time to shine a spotlight on images with local connections.
  June 21, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
• Texas auction house to sell leg irons that held abolitionist John Brown before trial, hanging
  Dallas-based Heritage Auctions estimates the shackles are worth at least $10,000, but some Brown memorabilia has fetched much more. In 2007, a rare daguerreotype sold for $97,750 at a Cincinnati auction.
  June 20, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons
  Dallas-based Heritage Auctions estimates the shackles are worth at least $10,000, but some Brown memorabilia has fetched much more. In 2007, a rare daguerreotype sold for $97,750 at a Cincinnati auction.
  June 20, 2013 - KIMT Mason City