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The Daguerreian Society
Dedicated to the history, science, and art of the daguerreotype.
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Galleries
For sheer beauty, the daguerreotype has no equal. We are pleased to present the following galleries for your enjoyment:
The American scene is captured in nine daguerreotypes from the Mark Koenigsberg collection
Ten superb daguerreotypes from the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society
A selection of nine California daguerreotypes from the collection of The Oakland Museum
The effort to document the changing face of the nation
The daguerreotype as an effectual window to our past
Selections from the collection of John Hannavy
A selection of images made by both the Becquerel and the mercury development methods
Five images from a workshop sponsored by the George Eastman House
Take a "virtual tour" of this Broadway gallery
Placed in our "Resources" but worthy of mention here ... we have available the following daguerreian-illustrated texts:
— the 1896 article "The Daguerreotype in America"
— the 1912 article "The Daguerreotype"