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Using a Camera Obscura - "Light: Its Properties and Effects" 1840
Today I was cropping this hand colored illustration from "Light: Its Properties...
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Uploaded on Jan 30, 2012
Stereo Card of Ida Lewis - Lighthouse Keeper and Lifesaving Heroine
While looking through the drawer of stereo cards of personalities for the William McKinley...
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Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012
Detail of a Stereo Card of Ida Lewis - Lighthouse Keeper and Lifesaving Heroine
While looking through the drawer of stereo cards of personalities for the William McKinley...
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Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012
This Day in History - January 29, 1843 - William McKinley, 25th President Was Born
Happy Birthday Mr. President When I hear or read about an event in history that happened on a...
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Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012
An Overpainted Solar Enlargement Fragment
I bought this small solar enlargement even though my husband objected to the condition. It only cost...
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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012
Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler, A Still Life
While I was looking for another image in my archive I realized that I scanned but never posted this...
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Uploaded on Jan 27, 2012
A Sad Daguerreotype Before Conservation - Two Sisters by Langenheim
This half plate daguerreotype of two little girls, sisters I am sure, is such a sad thing. The case...
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Uploaded on Jan 25, 2012
Copy Daguerreotype of Young Woman
This sixth plate daguerreotype is a copy of an oval daguerreotype. The subject is a gaunt young...
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Uploaded on Jan 25, 2012
Profile of a Man - Ambrotype on Ruby Glass
I find this quarter plate ambrotype of a bearded man in profile to be very dignified. It is on the deep purple glass called "ruby glass".
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Uploaded on Jan 25, 2012
Girl with a Column and Painted Background - Sixth Plate Ambrotype
Since ambrotypes are contemporary with the carte de visite it is not unusual that the same sort of...
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Uploaded on Jan 25, 2012
Boy with an Painted Backdrop - Ambrotype by Hunter
The brass mat on this quarter plate ambrotype is stamped "Hunter". The small boy sitting...
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Uploaded on Jan 25, 2012
This Day in History - January 24, 1848 - Gold Discovered in California - Our Daguerreotype of a Mining Scene*
*When I thought about posting a photograph to recognize the start of the California gold rush in...
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Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012
This Day in History - January 22, 1901 - Queen Victoria Dies
This stereo card by Keystone View Company features a photograph of Queen Victoria under a folded...
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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012
This Day in History - January 22, 1901 - Queen Victoria Dies - *Montage with Photographs by Theo Townshend
*I am bringing this embellished montage of Queen Victoria to the head of my photostream. (Thank you...
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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012
A Home for Our Orphan Dog Ambrotype
Some time ago I posted a quarter plate ambrotype of a large dog that we bought uncased. We have had...
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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012
Tintype of Baby on a Striped Blanket - Is it a Hidden Mother?
This small baby looks terrified by the big, bad camera. Is there a mother, father, or photographer's assistant behind that striped blanket?
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Uploaded on Jan 20, 2012
Man in a Studio Window - Tintype
A man holding a paper (newspaper?) looks out the window of a studio set. While it lacks the charm of...
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Uploaded on Jan 20, 2012
Tintype of Solemn Little Girl with Ringlets and a "Whatsit" Square Object
I picked out this tintype to scan because I found the little girl with her downturned mouth and...
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Uploaded on Jan 20, 2012
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