1. Photography: 1837-1918

2.   Daguerreotypes  Ambrotypes  Tintypes  Albumens (CDVS, cabinet cards)  Real photo postcards Types of Photographic Images

3.   Invented by a French chemist named Louis Daguerre  The first photo ever taken was a street scene in Paris  The daguerreotype was made on a copper plate coated with polished silver  It took approximately 3-4 minutes for the image to be burned onto the plate (longer if the lighting was poor)  The sitter had a neck brace to keep them still  Studios had huge skylights to let in as much light as possible. Daguerreotypes (1837- 1860)

5.  Portraits of people are the most common

6.  Portraits of animals and outdoor images are rare

7.   Ambrotypes were really just daguerreotypes done on glass.  They were much cheaper to produce and cheaper to make  They are really a negative image on a glass plate backed with black paint or black fabric to make them into a “positive” Ambrotypes (1854-1865)

8.  Why do you think the ambrotype was not popular for very long?

9.  Tintypes (1854-1900)

10.   Tintypes replaced ambrotypes and daguerreotypes because they were much more durable and cheaper to produce.  They were made on a thin plate of sheet iron coated with a thin black varnish

11.   Albumens, Carte de visites ( CDVs), and Cabinet Cards  A glass negative was used to produce numerous paper “positives”  The paper was coated with egg whites and other chemicals  Very popular because you could leave the photographers studio with more than one image. You could also write messages on them and give them away Images on paper

12.  Do you recognize these two famous personalities both taken in cdv format?

13. Rare cdv of a locomotive in Pennsylvania

14.  Examples of Rare Cabinet Cards

15. Real Photo Postcards This was a gimmick that became very popular: Have a picture taken of yourself and send it off to someone you love as a postcard!

16.   Post mortems were a part of 19 th century culture. For some, this was the only picture they may have of a loved one. Post Mortem Photography