Daguerreotypes. The Arrival of the Daguerreotype in New York by R. Derek Wood. Untitled (Friends of Photography) Key Series and Contributions

Key Series and Contributions

Vaclav Jiru

Roman Polanski

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Daguerreotypes. The Arrival of the Daguerreotype in New York by R. Derek Wood. Untitled (Friends of Photography) Key Series and ContributionsAmerican 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