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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

On this day (February 10) in the 1841, George Templeton Strong wrote the following in his diary: - - - - - - - - - - February 10. . . .Spent the morning variously and, among other things, looked in at Colman's with Post. He has some of the most distinct and perfect Daguerreotype pictures I ever saw, portraits especially. I think that invention succeeds best in buildings and statuary. I wonder if it can be employed to take facsimiles of paintings. . . . Cited From "The Diary of George Templeton Strong: Young Man in New York 1835-1849" edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952). From the chapter "1841" (page 157) in the first of four unnumbered volumes. -------------------------------------------------------------- 02-10-99

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