EPISODE · Nov 28, 2020 · 5 MIN
BHS e281-CL Howe and Early Photography
from The Brattleboro Historical Society Podcast · host Brattleboro Historical Society
In the summer of 1850 a traveling daguerreotype artist arrived in Dover with a horse and cart. In the cart were the camera, chemicals and materials needed to make images appear on silver-coated copper plates. Daguerreotypes were an early version of what later became photographs. Dover resident Caleb Lysander Howe was fascinated with the images. He bought the cart from the traveling man and began his own daguerreotype business. Here's the story...
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In the summer of 1850 a traveling daguerreotype artist arrived in Dover with a horse and cart. In the cart were the camera, chemicals and materials needed to make images appear on silver-coated copper plates. Daguerreotypes were an early version of what later became photographs. Dover resident Caleb Lysander Howe was fascinated with the images. He bought the cart from the traveling man and began his own daguerreotype business. Here's the story...
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