Tuesday 5, D for DAGUERROTYPE
Daguerrotype, what is a daguerrotype??? Daguerrotypes are the first photographic images, small metal photographs with reflective surfaces, In 1839, Louis Daguerre, a Frenchman invented them. If you have any in your collection, you are very lucky. I have found this book, 'Family photo detective,' by Maureen A Taylor, very helpful in dating old photos. This link, Wikipedia gives some examples, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype