These daguerreotype portraits show the oldest generation of people to ever be photographed, 1840-1850

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The pictures in this collection are some of the earliest known portrait photographs to ever be taken. The subjects in the photos are older and no doubt wealthy, as photography was expensive and only accessible to those in a good financial position. The incredible set of images, many of them taken by the legendary early […]

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