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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 1880s
15 August 1882
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ewer archive: N8820001
text title: "Died of Heart Disease"
notes: A notice of the death of John H. Fitzgibbon.
keywords: John H. Fitzgibbon
1883
Ewer archive: B8830001
author name: Richard Smith Elliott
title: Notes Taken in Sixty Years (selected text)
notes: A narrative of some events in 1845; mentions Plumbe's Daguerrean gallery, John H. Fitzgibbon, and includes a poem to Fitzgibbon.
keywords: John Plumbe, John H. Fitzgibbon
September 1883
Photographic Times
and American Photographer

Ewer archive: P8830001
text title: "Statue to Daguerre"
notes: An account regarding the dedication of the bust statue of Daguerre in his birthplace, Cormeilles-en-Parisis.
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
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
March 1885
Century Illustrated
Monthly Magazine

Ewer archive: P8850001
text title: "Reminiscences of Daniel Webster" (with portrait illustration)
notes: Editorial remarks accompanying the article. The remarks provide anecdotal information regarding the portrait of Webster.
keywords: Frederick DeBourg Richards, Daniel Webster
24 April 1886
Anthony's Photographic Bulletin
Ewer archive: P8860002
text title: "Photographic Section of the American Institute"
notes: A paper read by John B. Gardner, "Early History of Photography."
keywords: John B. Gardner, Giovanni Baptista Porta, Thomas Wedgewood, Humphrey Davy, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, John Herschel, Joseph Nicéphore Niepce, William Henry Fox Talbot, Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau, Paul Beck Goddard, Robert Hunt, George W. Prosch, Samuel F. B. Morse
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
Ewer archive: B8870001
author name: George H. Devol
title: Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi (selected text)
notes: A narrative of events from "before the war" regarding a floating daguerreotype boat.
keywords: floating daguerreotype gallery, "daguerrotype boat"
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
2 September 1887
British Journal of Photography
Ewer archive: P8870001
text title: "Notes on Daguerre from a Manuscript by M. Mentienne"
notes: A biography of Daguerre written by the mayor of Bry-sur-Marne.
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
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
22 July 1889
New-York Times
Ewer archive: N8890001
text: “sculptors and painters find the daguerreotype better...”
notes: Comments regarding the portrait of Daguerre, and the preference of sculptors and artists toward the daguerreotype.
keywords: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Abraham Bogardus, J. Wells Champney