daguerreotype

Definition of daguerreotypenext
as in photograph
an old type of photographic image that was made on a piece of silver or a piece of copper covered in silver The exhibit includes a series of fascinating daguerreotypes from the Civil War.

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Recent Examples of daguerreotype First observed on Aug 19, 1991, the day commemorates the invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic process developed in 1837. Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 July 2025 And the massive collection of photographic plates the Harvard Computers used in their work began with a July 17, 1850 daguerreotype of the star Vega. Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025 Developing a daguerreotype is an involved process, notes Ann Shumard, senior curator of photographs at the National Portrait Gallery. Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025 Ezekial Hawkins opened the city’s first daguerreotype studio on Third Street in 1841, just two years after the process was developed. Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for daguerreotype
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Noun
  • Nancy Guthrie poses with daughter Savannah Guthrie in an undated photograph.
    Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • But once a park opens, once the ribbon is cut, the hands shaken, and the photographs taken, the money to keep those parks going, to provide the public services and the physical safety that are vital to a really useful park, is harder to come by.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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  • Ryan Moreno said at a Thursday morning news conference that details on the suspect are currently limited as the department has yet to obtain a video or photo of the driver.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • Issa added, producing a photo of Nadya dozing off on a flight.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 8 May 2026

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“Daguerreotype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daguerreotype. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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