A team of Canadian and US researchers has demonstrated incredible results when restoring old corroded daguerreotypes (very ...

Daguerreotype, invented in the 1830s by Frenchman Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, was the first practical photographic process.

Sometimes pictures can speak a thousand words, so let's talk about the first ever photo taken of our beloved city, Beirut.

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 ...

Many people wonder if 2024 will be the nastiest election in American history. To which the 1828 contest says, “Hold my beer.” ...

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 ...

[TOP LEFT] Glenalvin Goodridge, Untitled (man with books), sixth plate daguerreotype, undated. Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment. L. J. West ...

He was pale, drawn. They’d clipped his hair so short that his curls were flattened. He turned his head to look around the ...

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Strolling through this once-traditional nook of the Argentine capital, the author found Art Deco houses on cobblestone ...

Daguerreotype, invented in the 1830s by Frenchman Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, was the first practical photographic process. A 19th-century daguerreotype from the collection of the National ...