The First Daguerreotype Camera Made in the United States, 1839

ID: SIA Acc. 12-492 [SIA2012-6523]

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Form/Genre: Lantern slides

Date: 1896

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 12-492, Image No. SIA2012-6523

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Summary

Daguerreotype camera. The first camera made in the United States by Samuel Morse, 1839.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum Division of Graphic Arts
  • Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)

Notes

Also known as 2011-00047

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 12-492, Image No. SIA2012-6523

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1896
  • Between 1896 and 1934

Restrictions & Rights

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  • No Known Copyright Restrictions

Topic

Form/Genre

Lantern slides

Local number

SIA Acc. 12-492 [SIA2012-6523]

Physical description

4 x 3.25;

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