click image for close-up By the time this photograph of Pierce Butler was taken, the wealthy plantation owner's 14-year marriage to Fanny Kemble was nearing its end. He had filed for divorce in ...

Memorial Granite Wall, designed by area artist Greg Vettel, offers a visual story line that captures U.S. military history ...

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 ...

Daguerre gave his name to the daguerreotype, the first fully-fledged form of photography, that he revealed in January 1839. Just a few days earlier, Daguerre is credited with pointing a telescope ...

We know there were pictures taken on the expedition because, according to historians, the crew traveled with a daguerreotype ...

On the man's breast was left a perfect daguerreotype of the tree. In September, 1825, the brigantine II Bum-Servo was anchored in the Armiro bay, at the entrance of the Adriatic sea, where she was ...

Now, together with Gilles Bencimon of Radio France Internationale, he has discovered a photo reproduction of a daguerreotype depicting (most likely) Fryderyk Chopin. The daguerreotype was made in 1847 ...

Who knows what historical firsts are in store for our future? The daguerreotype was introduced to the world in August 1839. This invention changed the world forever and eventually led to modern-day ...

A team of Canadian and US researchers are using X-rays to revive the images that were captured in the 18th century on the ...

“With the daguerreotype,” he observed, “everyone will be able to have their portrait taken—formerly it was only the prominent—and at the same time everything is being done to make us all ...

In the author’s debut novel, a 19th-century explorer moves in with his 21st-century caretaker. Trouble ensues.

The “Ida May” photo and other Burt family items were donated to the Canton Historical Society and are a treasured gift that ...