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
The daguerreotype portraits, which are 175 years old, were identified by Tamara Lanier as her great-great-great-grandfather and his child.
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 May 2025
Still, daguerreotypes caught on in the United States in the 1840s, and portrait studios seemed to be everywhere.
—James Barron, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Creating a daguerreotype was a delicate, sometimes painstaking process that involved several chemical treatments and variable exposure times.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
The settlement ends a 15-year battle between Lanier and the university to release the 19th-century daguerreotypes, a precursor to modern-day photographs.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 May 2025
Still, daguerreotypes caught on in the United States in the 1840s, and portrait studios seemed to be everywhere.
—James Barron, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Creating a daguerreotype was a delicate, sometimes painstaking process that involved several chemical treatments and variable exposure times.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
The settlement ends a 15-year battle between Lanier and the university to release the 19th-century daguerreotypes, a precursor to modern-day photographs.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daguerreotype
Noun
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The old photograph of her husband was silent because that young man no longer existed, having been superseded by eight or nine different versions of the same man.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Stock photograph showing an alligator moving through the Wakodahatchee Wetlands on March 13 2024 in Delray Beach, Florida.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
Noun
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This tactic exposes not just wallet data but also any personal or sensitive photos stored on the device.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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Nicola shared additional photos on her Instagram Stories, including one of her and someone who appeared to be Brooklyn making a heart with their hands as the sun hit above them.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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“Daguerreotype.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daguerreotype. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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