Four Daguerreotypes
Title
Four Daguerreotypes
Subject
Four Daguerreotype Photographs in Original Boxes
Description
Four black and white photographs (daguerreotypes) in their original boxes. Each box has red fabric (possibly velvet or velveteen), a gold-colored frame (possibly real gold or gold gilt), with decoration on the outside of the box, and each has a small clasp. Each photograph is a portrait of a person.
Creator
Unknown - possibly created by Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, the inventor the Daguerreotype.
Source
Sear Family
JoAnn Sear
Date
Unknown - possibly c. 1900
Contributor
April White
Dr. Thomas Kiffmeyer
Rights
Sear Family - JoAnn Sear
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
Relation
http://daguerre.org/resource/history/history.html
http://www.daguerre.org/resource/exhibit/brochure.htm
http://home.earthlink.net/~michaelbriggs/dags/dags.html
Format
JPEG
Daguerreotype
Language
N/A
Coverage
Kearney, Nebraska
Original Format
Daguerreotypes in Original Boxes
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown - possibly created by Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, the inventor the Daguerreotype., “Four Daguerreotypes,” History Harvest, accessed October 31, 2025, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/1030.