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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 1849
1849
Ewer archive: B8490001
author name: George Pickering Burnham
title: Gleanings from the Portfolio of the "Young 'Un"
text title: "Where Where You Last Night at Twelve?: A Judicial Sketch"
notes: A tale about a judge having his portrait taken at the daguerreotype gallery of Southworth and Hawes.
keywords: George Pickering Burnham, Albert Sands Southworth, Josiah Johnson Hawes, Tremont Row
1849
Ewer archive: B8490002
author name: J. H. L. McCracken
title: Earning a Living: A Comedy, in Five Acts. By a Citizen of New-York
notes: A passage from Act Three provides an ode to a portrait daguerreotype.
keywords: J. H. L. McCracken
9 November 1849
Newburgh Excelsior
Ewer archive: N8490002
name: Walker and Horton
notes: A text advertisement with a poem of sentiment
keywords: Walker and Horton, Walker & Horton