The daguerreotype in America / by Beaumont Newhall.

Main entry:

Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993.

Title & Author:

The daguerreotype in America / by Beaumont Newhall.

Edition:

3d rev. ed.

Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, 1976.

Description:

175 pages, 48 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm

Series:

Dover edition

Notes:
Includes index.
Bibliography: pages 169-170.
A wonder from Paris -- First trials -- Daguerre's agent -- The shaping of an industry -- Boston pioneers -- Innovations from Philadelphia -- The Broadway galleries -- Itinerants and travelers -- Facing the camera -- The explorers -- A tool for scientists -- A quest for color -- Photography triumphant -- The American process.

Summary:

Wonderful portraits, 1850s towns, landscapes; full text plus 104 photos. Enlarged edition.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0486233227
9780486233222

Subject:

Daguerreotype History.
Photography United States History.
Daguerréotype Histoire.
Daguerreotype.
Photography.
Daguerreotypie.
Fotografia (Historia)
Photographie États-Unis Histoire.
Daguerréotype.
United States.
FOTOGRAFIA Stati Uniti d'America 1850-1860
DAGHERROTIPIA Stati Uniti d'America

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 28420
Call No.: TR365.N4 (ID:88-B14197)
Status: Available

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