Photomicrograph of a Fly's Probiscus
date: label: Date made
content: circa 1850s
name: label: photographer
content: Draper, John William
label: maker
content: Draper, John William
notes: label: Description
content: Dr. John W. Draper (1811-1882) and his sons experimented with early methods of photography, including the daguerreotype process, and the earliest scientific methods of photographing through microscopes and telescopes to capture images. Shown here is an example of one of Dr. Draper's sixth plate photomicrographs of a fly's probiscus.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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.B123
label: accession number
content: 304826
label: catalog number
content: 72.72.B123
objectType: label: Object Name
content: daguerreotype
label: Other Terms
content: Photograph; Photograph; Daguerreotype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 1/8 in; 8.255 cm x 6.985 cm x .3175 cm