The Maillets began buying daguerreotypes in the 1960s and their 200-strong collection spans the full history and evolution of ...

The French gifted the Daguerreotype process to the world, except for Great Britain. A patent was filed in Britain due to a long-standing rivalry. The daguerreotype is a direct-positive process ...

Using the daguerreotype process—invented in France in 1839, it employed highly polished, silver-plated copper sheets and produced images of striking luminosity—Goodridge, Ball and Washington ...

If you grew up here, chances are you either rode the Zephyr at Pontchartrain Beach or heard family members wax nostalgic ...

I knew I would first have to figure out if it were a real daguerreotype. I went to the Daguerrian Society, a reputable and keen group of collectors. Since daguerreotypes are made on a polished ...

This was when the first permanent photograph was taken! It took 8 hours to take this photograph! The first galss negative was used in Daguerreotype process which involved exposure to make a negative ...