Keywords: Daguerreotype
Item 50451
Benjamin F. Cunningham, Freedom, ca. 1846
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1846 Location: Freedom Media: Daguerreotype
Item 50452
Rebecca Johnson Cunningham, ca. 1846
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1846 Location: Unity; Freedom Media: Daguerreotype
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Eternal Images: Photographing Childhood
From the earliest days of photography doting parents from across Maine sought to capture images of their young children. The studio photographs often reflect the families' images of themselves and their status or desired status.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's popularity in the 19th century is reflected by the number of images of him -- in a variety of media -- that were produced and reproduced, some to go with published works of his, but many to be sold to the public on cards and postcards.
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Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2
"A daguerreotype of each of these portraits was made for family members. Stephen’s daguerreotype copy is part of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House…"
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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning
"Two daguerreotypes in the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection illustrate post-mortem photography. Taken in 1843, the daguerreotype of Mrs. William H."
