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daguerreotype

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Definition of daguerreotype

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 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 Staring back in the daguerreotypes was Renty, who appeared to be about 70 at the time. — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for daguerreotype

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The lawsuit further alleged that Trader Joe’s put its crustless PB&Js peanut in packaging that too closely resembled the coloring of an Uncrustables box and featured a similar photograph of a sandwich with a bite taken out of one side.

— Dee-Ann Durbin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Reddington showed the jury a photograph of the Clancy family, looking happy, and a second one of Lindsay Clancy in the hospital.

— Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

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On September 1, Claire Stoermer shared a rare childhood photo of her daughter to celebrate the milestone.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 Sep. 2026
Sunil Pandey Speaking with NBC News in Pokhara, Nabin Karki, a superintendent of police, said authorities were collecting DNA samples and displaying photos of the bodies found in hopes that family members might be able to identify them.

— Surendra Phuyal, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026

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