Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-09-25
DR.. w. Il. FahnestOck's tho First
Dasuerreotypc Taken.
Az ART THAT had MARVELLOUS GROWTH.


they number untold millions IN every quar-
ter OF tho civilized world.
Every science, every art, evory invention
calls upon photography To assist it.
The greatest OF painters, tho greatest OF
sculptors model their masterpieces III part or
In whole from photographs.
The wonderful progress made IN ongrav-
ing, whether on wood or metal, is due tn
photography. picture which half con.
tury ago could not have been produced in a
year by tho most skillful engraver, can now
be produced in a day by photography.
The astron omer calls upon photography, and
10 the heavenly bodies are pictured. Tho
moon "a 1t rushes across the disk OF the sun
in an eclipse IL taken on the fly, aud even the
transit OF Venus II photographed "a she
speeds on her course millions oi miles away.
Horses running at full speed, birds on tho
wing, locomotives dashing along at tho rate
of sixty miles an hour are photographed In
the hundredth part of second.
Printing, "the art preservatvo of all arts"
has been vastly benefited by photography,
IA a comparison OF the books and newspapers
OF the older timo with those OF tho present
day attest II you do to-day your portrait
from photograph may bo IN tO-morrow's
lNrELLIGESCER.
All the wonders of the world, whether In
art or nature, have been copied photograph
caIly, and the copies have been multiplied
~ easily and so rapidly that by the aid OF the
stereopticsn the peopSot every city or ham
lot in the world may View these wonders SIM
ultancously.
Everything In tho heavens above, aud the
earth beneath and in tho waters under the
earth may be photographed, aud the image
will be absolutely correct How admirable
are the pictures one now soos OF all kinds OF
animals compared with those of the Olden
time. The old ones were drawn by hand,
after world of patient trouble the now Ouos
blythe sun In an instant
In view of the wonders Ot photography and
the wonderful progress made in tho photo
graphic art within the life time of the present
generation, it will no doubt be OF Interest to
the general reader rs well as to the photo
grapher to know something Oi tho rise and
progress OF the art in this city.
In lSi9 Daguere, French painter OF do
rsmas astonished the scientific world by
producing sun pictures obtained by exposing
the surface of highly polished silver tablet
to the vapOr of iodine, in n dark room, and
then placing tho tablet in camera obscure,
and exposing 1t to the sunlight latent
image of the object within the range of the
camera was thus obtained, aud thus image
WAS developed by exposing the tablet to the
fumes OF mercury, heated To u temperature of
about 10 Fahrenheit The image thus So
cured was "hNed" or made permanent 10y
ulpplnR inc hbiCt lntO II sDiutlpn Ol nSilD>ui-
phite of soda, aud then carefully washing aud
drying the plate,
The story of the great discovery spread to
all parts ot the scientific world. Dr. Draper,
of New York, was the first tO utilize II, and
by the use OF bromine in connection with
iodine so shortened the time at exposure in
2 the camera, that partralts from iilO could
easily be taken.
THE FIRST OF LANCASTER PHOToGRNrH-
EES.
The first sun pictures or Dsguerreoiypes
taken in this city were made by DR.. VIM. Il.
Fahnestock aud James Demant In ,Ie attic
of the building No Is West King street, now
occupied by John w. Hubley, photographer.
These gentlemen had read OF Daguerre's
wonderful invention, aud although they had
neither instruments nor material they were
scientists snd mechanics and set about max
ing the apparatus needed. 1t Is said on good
authority that DR.. Fshnestock ground the
lenses for his camera and made the boxes,
slides and other apparatus necessary to take
picture. We have seen within day or two
past several OF these old pictures taken about
lSlJ. One of them IN "a view OF ths south side
oil West King street, from the present resi-
dence of Prof VIM. Il. Hall 10 Centre Square.
Some of the old buildings are to-day very
much as they were forty years ago, but
others have been much changed aud Others
replaced by new structures The principal
building In this old picture is the court house
which occupied the site OF the SOL
diers' monument Steiuman's hardware
store and the Cross Keys hotel were only
two-stories high. John Myers residence
and store stood where Rhoads' handsome
building stands, and a rickety old building
with gable end towards West King street
stood where Locher's banking house now
stands. In the distance Is seen Prangley's
building, on the corner of East King street
and Centre Square, looking much as it does
to-day.
DIR. Fahnestock and Prot Demant prac.
ticed the new art more for scientihc study
than with view OF making money
by 1t, though there are anumber of their pic
lures yet extant and in good state oil pres.
ervation. The picture of DIR. Fahnestock at
the head OF this column, is engraved from
one oi tho first, II not the very first Daguer-
reotype taken In this city in his own gallery.
DIR. FahnestOck lived 50 long and is 50 well
remembered by Lancastrans, for his emi-
nence as physician, scientist and spiritual.
ist that 1t Is not necessary to onter here into