1851 Daguerreotype Merchant Card
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Just received this one in the mail. Brass
Just in case there may be one or two of you out there that does not know what a Daguerreotype is, like me
until about a year ago. I have included a brief explanation below.
Stefanie
The daguerreotype is an early type of photograph, developed by Louis Daguerre, in which the image is exposed directly
onto a mirror-polished surface of silver bearing a coating of silver halide particles deposited by iodine vapor.
In later developments bromine and chlorine vapors were also used, resulting in shorter exposure times.
The daguerreotype is a negative image, but the mirrored surface of the metal plate reflects the image and makes
it appear positive in the proper light. Thus, daguerreotype is a direct photographic process without the capacity for duplication.
I guess I moved some images around so I re posted it
I think this one was it
Just in case there may be one or two of you out there that does not know what a Daguerreotype is, like me
until about a year ago. I have included a brief explanation below.
Stefanie
The daguerreotype is an early type of photograph, developed by Louis Daguerre, in which the image is exposed directly
onto a mirror-polished surface of silver bearing a coating of silver halide particles deposited by iodine vapor.
In later developments bromine and chlorine vapors were also used, resulting in shorter exposure times.
The daguerreotype is a negative image, but the mirrored surface of the metal plate reflects the image and makes
it appear positive in the proper light. Thus, daguerreotype is a direct photographic process without the capacity for duplication.
I guess I moved some images around so I re posted it
I think this one was it
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Very cool!
I edited the date on the post its really 1851 after looking it up
Stefanie
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I never would have thought that they would advertise that way!!!!!
It was not as widely used, being a silver iodide on paper process. As a collector of early photographs if you come across any material advertisting talbotype you have a real find.
These daguerrotypes tokens are also great and the window for this process being widely used was from 1839-1860 (still used after this but ferrotypes and carte de viste replaced the glass process of the daguerrotype and later ambrotypes).
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