On this day (January 27) in the year 1854, the following poem appeared in the "The Sun" (Baltimore): - - - - - - - - - - - THE TWENTY-FIVE CENT DAGUERREOTYPE BY WOODBRIDGE & HARRIS, 244 BALTIMORE STREET. Where is the lover who, from his fond heart, Pays not a tribute to Daguerrean art? He sees the face that lightens all his fate Transfixed by light, and shining from a plate. Still o'er the plate his greedy optics roll, And on its contents feasts his hungering soul. Thanks to Ross Kelbaugh for today's text, who also adds the following notes regarding Woodbridge from his on-line "Directory of Baltimore Daguerreans" at: http://www.bcpl.net/~images/#Directory WOODBRIDGE, JOHN J., daguerreotypist. and Harris, 244 Baltimore (1854); Woodbridge only (1855-1856) TS, CD. -------------------------------------------------------------- 01-27-99