TEXTS FROM 1858
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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!" |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |