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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 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 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 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 Ezekial Hawkins opened the city’s first daguerreotype studio on Third Street in 1841, just two years after the process was developed. — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for daguerreotype

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Officials ask people to provide clear, close-up photographs with an object for scale, such as a pencil.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Its design also features family photographs, pizza-pan-inspired decor and reference to the Malnati family’s legacy and Chicago roots.

— Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

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Until then, here are some photos from Sunday evening’s game in the Pacific Northwest.

— Jeff Rosen, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026
Back in 2015, Oberacker posted a photo to Facebook on Veterans Day memorializing his late grandfather — in full Wehrmacht uniform — who’d died fighting for Nazi Germany.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

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