Daguerreotype of Baltimore Street Scene
date: label: date made
content: 1840-1844
name: label: maker
content: Fitz, Henry Jr.
notes: label: Description
content: This sixth-plate daguerreotype of a Baltimore, Maryland,street scene, circa 1840-1844, was made by Henry Fitz, Jr., one of the first American photographers. Fitz established a daguerreian studio in Baltimore, Maryland, in the summer of 1840. Fitz collaborated with New York photographer Alexander Wolcott to perfect a modified camera with concave reflecting mirror at a 45 degree angle to the lens in order to make daguerreotype images true to life, not reversed as was the case in most photographs of the era.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: cityscape
label: Subject
content: Street
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Henry G. Fitz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.004114E
label: catalog number
content: 4114E
label: accession number
content: 109990
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
label: Object Name
content: daguerreotype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.5 cm x 8 cm x 1.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 3 5/32 in x 19/32 in