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 THE DAGUERREOTYPE: AN ARCHIVE OF SOURCE TEXTS, GRAPHICS, AND EPHEMERA


  The research archive of Gary W. Ewer regarding the history of the daguerreotype

TEXTS FROM 1858
1858
Ewer archive: B8580005
author name: Henry Hunt Snelling
book title: Sunlight Sketches' or the Photographic Textbook (selected text)
notes: An evocative commentary on the demise of the daguerreotype.
keywords: Henry Hunt Snelling, "O, sad fate of the beautiful daguerreotype!"
1858
Ewer archive: B8580001
author name: Henry Howe
book title: Adventures and Achievements of Americans (selected text)
notes: Text regarding American daguerreotypists who exhibited in the London exhibition in 1851, three of whom won medals.
keywords: Mathew B. Brady, Martin M. Lawrence, John A. Whipple, Charles R. Meade, Henry W. M. Meade, Meade Brothers, Oliver B. Evans
1858
Ewer archive: B8580002
author name: Lola Montez
book title: The Arts of Beauty; or, Secrets of a Lady's Toilet. With Hints to Gentlemen on the Art of Fascinating (selected text)
notes: A humorous passage regarding the use of a daguerreotype to gain the interest of a woman.
keywords: Lola Montez, Lola Montes
1858
Ewer archive: B8580003
author name: J. N. Taylor and M. O. Crooks
book title: Sketch Book of Saint Louis
text title: "Fitzgibbon's Gallery"
notes: A profile of John H. Fitzgibbon.
keywords: John H. Fitzgibbon, electrotype, Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau
1858
Ewer archive: B8580004
author name: J. N. Taylor and M. O. Crooks
book title: Sketch Book of Saint Louis
text title: "Daguerrean and Ambrotype Gallery: J. J. Outley, Proprietor."
notes: A profile of J. J. Outley.
keywords: J. J. Outley
January 1858
Ewer archive: P8580006
text title: "Daguerreotype Gallery of Rogues"
notes: A brief anecdote regarding the rogue gallery at the New York police office.
keywords: rogue gallery
17 July 1858
Ballou's Pictorial
Ewer archive: P8580001
author name: A. Mortimer Cleveland
text title: "The Daguerreotype"
notes: A romantic tale of intrigue
keywords: A. Mortimer Cleveland
October 1858
Student and Schoolmate
Ewer archive: P8580003
header: "M. Daguerre"
notes: A brief text accompanied by a wood engraving of Daguerre after a daguerreotype by Charles R. Meade.
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Charles Richard Meade
October 1858
Democratic Age
Ewer archive: P8580004
author name: Charles Edwards Lester
text title: "Sunlight Paintings"
notes: Two paragraphs regarding Jeremiah Gurney.
keywords: Jeremiah Gurney, 349 Broadway, Charles Edwards Lester
November 1858
Democratic Age
Ewer archive: P8580005
author name: Charles Edwards Lester
text title: "Progress of the Daguerrean and Photographic Art"
notes: A few paragraphs primarily regarding Jeremiah Gurney.
keywords: Jeremiah Gurney, 707 Broadway, 349 Broadway, Charles Edwards Lester