[Philadelphia] [Daguerreotype], W. & F. Langenheim
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[Philadelphia] [Daguerreotype]
W. & F. Langenheim Daguerreotype
Ca. 1840s. Quarter plate daguerrotype in W. & F. Langenheim Philadelphia Exchange plush lined thermoplastic case, 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (117.4 x 92 mm). Case rubbed and slightly worn; portrait slightly tarnished at edges.Portrait by two of the earliest practitioners of photography in America, William and Frederick Langenheim. Born in Germany, the Langenheim brothers came to America in 1840 and in 1841-42 opened a photography studio at 26-27 Exchange Street in Philadelphia. They are credited with creating the first advertising picture in history, as well as shooting the first panoramic photograph of Niagara Falls, and the first sequential photographs of the first total eclipse of the sun visible in North America since the invention of photography.
W. & F. Langenheim Daguerreotype
Ca. 1840s. Quarter plate daguerrotype in W. & F. Langenheim Philadelphia Exchange plush lined thermoplastic case, 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (117.4 x 92 mm). Case rubbed and slightly worn; portrait slightly tarnished at edges.Portrait by two of the earliest practitioners of photography in America, William and Frederick Langenheim. Born in Germany, the Langenheim brothers came to America in 1840 and in 1841-42 opened a photography studio at 26-27 Exchange Street in Philadelphia. They are credited with creating the first advertising picture in history, as well as shooting the first panoramic photograph of Niagara Falls, and the first sequential photographs of the first total eclipse of the sun visible in North America since the invention of photography.
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[Philadelphia] [Daguerreotype], W. & F. Langenheim
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