Daguerreotype of Unitarian Congregational Church, New York City
date: label: Date made
content: 1839-1840
name: label: photographer
content: Draper, John William
notes: label: Description
content: Daguerreotype of Unitarian Congregational Church, New York City. On the Washington Square campus of the New York University, Samuel F.B. Morse and Dr. John W. Draper operated together one of the first American photographic studios for a short time, from 1839 to the early 1840s. Collaborating on this quarter-plate daguerreotype, the partners achieved a clear photograph of the Unitarian Congregational Church of the Messiah, on the east side of Broadway across Waverly Place, New York City, from their rooftop studio in the fall of 1839 or winter of 1840. Morse quickly refocused his professional career on the perfection of a working telegraph, while Dr. Draper continued to work in scientific photography with his sons for the remainder of his academic career at the University.
label: Description
content: Curatorial Note 10.24.2013: It may be contested that this image is taken from a rooftop because so much of the street is visible. It can be argued that the camera was at ground level. stp
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Church
label: Subject
content: Architecture
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Religion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John William Christopher Draper and James Christopher Draper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.72.72.B155
label: catalog number
content: 72.72.B155
label: accession number
content: 304826
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
label: Other Terms
content: Photograph; Photograph; Daguerreotype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.1 cm x 11.2 cm x .5 cm; 3 3/16 in x 4 13/32 in x 3/16 in