Daguerreotypes. The Arrival of the Daguerreotype in New York by R. Derek Wood. Untitled (Friends of Photography) Number 164

Number 164

the gossip at the post office

Roman Polanski

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Vaclav Jiru

Daguerreotypes. The Arrival of the Daguerreotype in New York by R. Derek Wood. Untitled (Friends of Photography) Number 164American Photographic Historical Society, 1995. Wraps, 14 pages. [A detailed analysis of when and by whom news of the daguerreotype reached New York, including roles of D. W. Seager and Francois Gouroud. Wood discusses mistake in Beaumont Newhall's The Daguerreotype in America but was apparently was unaware of camera maker George Prosch's claim in Anthonys Photographic Bulletin, April 24, 1886, that he made a test daguerreotype before providing the