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!" |
15 January 1859 American Journal of Photography Ewer archive: P8590003 |
author name: "Shade" text title: "My First Daguerreotype" notes: A reminiscence of the first sight of a daguerreotype, also recalling early efforts. keywords: Shade, First Daguerreotype |
May 1869 Harper's New Monthly Magazine Ewer archive: P8690001 |
author name: T. B. Thorpe text title: "Webster, Clay, Calhoun, and Jackson: How They Sat for their Daguerreotypes" notes: Inidividual ancedotes of these four statesmen sitting for their daguerreotypes. keywords: Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, Mathew B. Brady |
February 1870 Philadelphia Photographer Ewer archive: P8700001 |
author name: Edward L. Allen text title: "Old Times" notes: A transcript of a paper delivered to the Boston Photographic Association. keywords: Edward L. Allen, Albert Sands Southworth, Josiah Johnson Hawes, Marcus Ormsbee, George M. Silsbee, John Adams Whipple, James Wallace Black, Austin Augustus Turner |
22 June 1871 Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Ewer archive: P8710001 |
author name: Montgomery Pike Simons text title: "An Exquisite Picture" notes: An anecdote of the taking of a daguerreotype of a child and the family dog. keywords: Montgomery Pike Simons, Newfoundland dog |
October 1871 Philadelphia Photographer Ewer archive: P8710002 |
author name: Albert Sands Southworth text title: "An Address" (delivered June 1870) notes: A transcript of a paper delivered to the National Photographic Association. Southworth recalls his own history, then follows with a call for artistic study and endeavor. keywords: Albert Sands Southworth, Joseph Pennell, Josiah Johnson Hawes, François Gouraud, Samuel F. B. Morse, Alexander S. Wolcott, John Johnson, Joseph Ames, Chase, Samuel Bemis, 5 1/2 Tremont Row, 19 Tremont Row, Washington Allston, "Outlines and Sketches" |
1873 Ewer archive: B8730001 |
author names: T. A. Barry and B. A. Patten book title: Men and Memories of San Francisco: in the "Spring of '50" (selected text) notes: In this reminiscence of San Francisco in 1850, the authors mention Henry W. Bradley (later of Bradley and Rulofson). keywords: Henry W. Bradley |
July 1877 St. Louis Practical Photographer Ewer archive: B8750001 |
author name: James Wallace Black text title: "Days Gone By" notes: A reminiscence by Black regarding daguerreian activity in Boston. keywords: James Wallace Black, John A. Leroy, Albert Sands Southworth, Josiah Johnson Hawes, John Adams Whipple, Luther Holman Hale, Benjamin French |
February 1884 Photographic Times and American Photographer Ewer archive: P8840002 |
author name: Abraham Bogardus text title: "Thirty-seven Years Behind a Camera" notes: The present text is among the first of Bogardus' many reminiscences. keywords: Abraham Bogardus, George W. Prosch, Levi L. Hill |
March 1884 Photographic Times and American Photographer Ewer archive: P8840001 |
author name: Edward Tompkins Whitney text title: "Reminiscences" notes: Reminiscence of Edward T. Whitney who worked first in New York City, then Rochester, New York. The text is a fuller version of a later account given in 1889. keywords: Edward Tompkins Whitney, Seth Boyden, John W. Draper, Thomas R. Whitney, Martin M. Lawrence, Jeremiah Gurney, George N. Barnard, D. D. T. Davie, Mathew Brady, Abraham Bogardus, Andrew W. Paradise, Charles A. Seeley, Henry Hunt Snelling, and Samuel Dwight Humphrey, James Wallace Black, John Dunmore, James F. Gibson, Silas A. Holmes, Alexander Gardiner, Jacob F. Coonley, Timothy O'Sullivan |
22 May 1886 Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Ewer archive: P8860001 |
text title: "Photographic Section of the American Institute" notes: Reminiscences provided by John B. Gardner, Jeremiah Gurney, Abraham Bogardus, and Alexander Becker. keywords: John B. Gardner, William Lewis, William H. Lewis, Richard A. Lewis, 142 Chatham, Alexander S. Wolcott, John Johnson, James R. Chilton, Samuel F. B. Morse, Jeremiah Gurney, Roche, 189 Broadway, 707 Broadway, Edward White, 187 Broadway, Edward Anthony, Anthony Prize, Abraham Bogardus, George W. Prosch, Alexander Becker, 201 Broadway, 264 Broadway, 411 Broadway, Becker & Piard, Augustus Morand, Ormsbee |
1887 American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times Almanac for 1887 Ewer archive: P8870003 |
author name: James F. Ryder title: "A Reminiscence" notes: An account by Ryder regarding his itinerant daguerreotypy and an incident with a local blacksmith. keywords: James F. Ryder |
14 November 1887 Sun (New York) Ewer archive: N8870001 |
text title: "Mr. Bogardus Retires" notes: A profile of the career of Abraham Bogardus including anecdotes of daguerreotypy. keywords: Abraham Bogardus, George W. Prosch |
22 September 1888 Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Ewer archive: P8880001 |
author name: Henry Hunt Snelling text title: "Looking Back; or, the Olden Days in Photography" notes: A profile of the Boston daguerreotypist, John Adams Whipple. keywords: Henry Hunt Snelling, John Adams Whipple, James Wallace Black, steam |
15 March 1889 Photographic Times and American Photographer Ewer archive: P8890003 |
author name: Alexander Hesler text title: "Some Practical Experiences of a Veteran Daguerreotypist" notes: Comments about how he obtained rapidity exposures with daguerreotype plates. keywords: Alexander Hesler, "Harpers Traveler's Guide" |
15 March 1889 Photographic Times and American Photographer Ewer archive: P8890002 |
author name: Alexander Beckers text title: "Fifteen Years' Experience of a Daguerreotyper" notes: Reminiscence of Beckers providing an overview of his daguerreian career. keywords: Alexander Beckers, Robert Cornelius, James Robert Chilton, Louis Beckers, Frederick Langenheim, William Langenheim, Voightlander, Voigtländer, Joseph Petzval, Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau, Edward White, 175 Broadway, Victor Piard, Marcus A. Root, Marcus Ormsbee, John F. Mascher |
13 April 1889 Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Ewer archive: P8890004 |
author name: Alexander Beckers text title: "My Daguerreotype Experience" notes: A variant of the 15 March 1889 Photographic Times text, with some additional comments. keywords: Alexander Beckers, Robert Cornelius, James Robert Chilton, Louis Beckers, Frederick Langenheim, William Langenheim, Voightlander, Voigtländer, Joseph Petzval, Philip Haas, Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau, Edward White, Victor Piard, Marcus A. Root, Marcus Ormsbee, John F. Mascher |
June 1889 International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin Ewer archive: P8890001 |
author name: Edward Tompkins Whitney text title: "Reminiscences" notes: Reminiscence of Edward T. Whitney who worked first in New York City, then Rochester, New York. The text is an abbreviated version of the reminiscence given by Whitney in the March 1884 Photographic Times and American Photographer. keywords: Edward Tompkins Whitney, Edward Anthony, Henry Anthony, Abraham Bogardus, Martin M. Lawrence, Jeremiah Gurney, Marcus A. Root, Andrew W. Paradise, Mathew Brady, George N. Barnard, D. D. T. Davie, James Wallace Black, Frederick A. Wenderoth |
1890 Ewer archive: B8900001 |
author name: John Werge book title: The Evolution of Photography (selected text) notes: Written by an Englishman, an extensive reminiscence of his daguerreian travels in America, 1853–1854. Mentions many daguerreotypists by name. keywords: John Werge, Jeremiah Gurney, Mathew Brady, Martin Lawrence, Samuel Root, Meade Brothers, Samuel Humphrey, Benjamin and Polson; Marcus A. Root, Dr. Bushnel, George Adams, Thomas Easterly, Platt Babbitt, John A. Whipple, James W. Black, Masury and Silsby, E. and H.T. Anthony & Co, Scovill Manufacturing Company, James A. Cutting |
April 1891 World (New York) Ewer archive: N8910001 |
text title: "Still Taking Pictures" notes: An lengthy interview with Mathew B. Brady at the age of sixty-seven. keywords: Mathew B. Brady |
24 August 1894 Photographic Times and American Photographer Ewer archive: P8940006 |
text title: "A Veteran Photographer" notes: A brief reminiscence of Henry E. Insley and daguerreotypy in general. keywords: Henry Earle Insley, Samuel F. B. Morse, George W. Prosch, Mathew B. Brady |
5 October 1894 Photographic Times and American Photographer Ewer archive: P8940004 |
text title: "An Old-Time Photographer and His Reminiscences" notes: An interview with Mathew B. Brady. keywords: Mathew B. Brady |
26 January 1896 Commercial Gazette (Cincinnati) Ewer archive: N8960001 |
author name: James Landy (interviewed) text title: "The Daguerreotype Art" notes: A reminiscence of James Landy, who began his life-long career in photography in 1850 at age twelve. keywords: James Landy, Edwin Forrest, Catherine Forrest, Catherine Sinclair, Charlotte Cushman, Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie, of Edwin Booth, Laura Keene, Father Mathew, Ezekiel C Hawkins [Ezekial ?], Charles R. Rees, Meade Brothers |
4 February 1896 Sun (New York) Ewer archive: N8960003 |
author name: Wilmot M. Chapman text title: "Our First Photographers" notes: A summary of early daguerreotypists in New York. keywords: A. T. Goodell, John Plumbe, Jr., William H. Butler, John William Draper, James R. Chilton, Samuel F. B. Morse, 7 Bowery, 251 Broadway, Mathew B. Brady, 187 Broadway, Anthony Edward & Clark, Jeremiah Gurney, 189 Broadway, Abraham Bogardus, 217 Greenwish, James L. M. Scovill, Robert H. Vance |
July 1898 Camera Notes (New York) Ewer archive: P8980003 |
author name: L. E. Chittenden text title: "An Historical Letter" notes: A reminiscence of sitting for a daguerreotype in 1842. keywords: Lucius Eugene Chittenden |
30 April 1903 Youth's Companion Ewer archive: P9030002 |
text title: "The Days of the Daguerreotype" notes: A few anecdotes of the daguerreotype related by Abraham Bogardus. keywords: Abraham Bogardus |
June 1911 Wilson's Photographic Magazine (Boston) Ewer archive: P9110001 |
text title: "Centenary of Dr. John William Draper, First Portrait Photographer" notes: A profile of some length of the daguerreian activities of John W. Draper. With portrait. keywords: John William Draper, Samuel F. B. Morse, Mathew B. Brady, "dags" |
December 1915 American Photography (Boston) Ewer archive: P9150001 |
author name: John A. Anderson text title: "The Daguerreotype" notes: A reminiscence of one who worked during the daguerreian era, although primarily as an amateur. keywords: John A. Anderson |