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daguerreotype

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Definition of daguerreotype

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an old type of photographic image that was made on a piece of silver or a piece of copper covered in silver The exhibit includes a series of fascinating daguerreotypes from the Civil War.

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Recent Examples of daguerreotype Developing a daguerreotype is an involved process, notes Ann Shumard, senior curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery. — Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025 Nadar deployed Balzac’s reported initial mistrust and later acquiescence to the daguerreotype as an allegory of larger significance for understanding the history of invention. — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026 And the massive collection of photographic plates the Harvard Computers used in their work began with a July 17, 1850 daguerreotype of the star Vega. — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 First observed on Aug 19, 1991, the day commemorates the invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic process developed in 1837. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for daguerreotype

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Duff looks at photographs laid out in front of her—captured between 2001 and 2025—with each one showing a different era of her beauty journey.

— Lauren Alberti, Allure, 6 July 2026
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with the Kursk region governor in Moscow on June 30, 2026.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 July 2026

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Videos and photos circulating on social media showed steel columns on the building’s higher floors buckling and contorting on Tuesday.

— Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Judging from the photos and video, Alaskan has done a nice job of turning the tiny interior of its camper into an inviting space in which campers will want to spend time.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 July 2026

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