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Interesting Daguerreotypes
Daguerreotype Source: Library of Congress

A daguerreotype was an early photograph. It was made on a silver or silver covered copper plate. I love old photos so I really love daguerreotypes. I have picked out some that I think are interesting and all are very old, some going back to almost the beginning of photography. Some of the subjects have been long forgotten, but I picked some photos because I found them interesting for various reasons.

Left: William Allen, Ohio Senator 1837-49. Governor of Ohio 1874-76. Photo Taken 1844-60
Right: Philander Chase Bishop of Episcopal Church. Photo Taken 1844-52

Left: David Rice Atchison Senator from Missouri 1843-1855 and president for 1 day. Photo Taken before 1860
Right: Henry Clay. Famous Republican Senator from Kentucky, 1806-1807, 1810-1811; Congressman, 1811-1814, 1815-1821, 1823-1825; U.S. Secretary of State, 1825-1829; Whig Senator, 1831-1842, 1849-1852; Democratic Republican candidate for President, 1824; National Republican candidate for President, 1832; Whig candidate for President, 1844. Photo Taken 1850-2

Left: Cardinal John McCloskey Photo Taken 1844-60
Right: Charles Christofle, French Silversmith. Photo Taken 1851-2

Left: George Bush Photo Taken 1844-59. This might be a relative of the president, I didn't have time to research it.
Right: James Buchanan US President. Photo Taken 1844-56

Left: President Zackory Taylor and his cabinet. Photo Taken 1849. Left to right: William Ballard Preston, Secretary of the Navy; Thomas Ewing, Secretary of the Interior; John Middleton Clayton, Secretary of State; Zachary Taylor, Twelfth President of the United States; William Morris Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury; George Washington Crawford, Secretary of War; Jacob Collamer, Postmaster General; Reverdy Johnson, Attorney General.
Right: White House. Photo Taken 1846

Left: US Military Commission on Camera. Photo Taken before 1860
Right: Man and his cat. Photo Taken

Left: Alexander Bell, grandfather of Alexander Graham Bell. Photo Taken before 1860
Right: Relatives of John Adams. Photo Taken 1846

Left: Good Old Abe Lincoln. Photo Taken 1864
Right: Nathaniel Ruggles Childs and Albert Childs. Photo Taken 1842

Left: U.S. Capitol. Photo Taken 1846
Right: U.S. Patent Office. Photo Taken 1846

Left: Carpenter. Photo Taken 1840-60
Right: Blacksmith Photo Taken 1850-60

Left: General Post Office Washington D.C. Photo Taken 1846
Right: Foreman of Pheonix Fire Company. Photo Taken 1855

Left: Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, California. Photo Taken before June 22, 1851
Right: Paris churches. Photo Taken 1859-60