Thank you for your interest in this program! We are pleased to share the Zoom recording and resources presented on May 6, 2020, in the first of four sessions in this series.
John D. Appleton house. ca. 1850s. Brighton, Mich. [link]
Young woman holding cased daguerreotype portrait. / May 9 1851 Taken By S. C. Smith, Fentonville, Mich.
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Young girl with long curls. : Teenage girl with blue-tinted dress. / Martin, Daguerreotypist, Detroit.
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"Niagara," From Four Views of Niagara, c. 1852. Thomas Martin Easterly, daguerreotypist.
A technical innovator of the daguerreotype, Easterly's technique allowed him to capture clouds in this example—something almost impossible in the daguerrian era.
Miriam Easterly. Thomas M. Easterly. ca. 1850. 1/9 pl. Daguerreotypes by Thomas Martin Easterly.
