More on Alternative Process Photography

The White House

Here are some more interesting vintage images.
These are all Daguerreotypes.
For those interested check out these informative texts on Alternative process photography, The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes, and Alternative Photography Processes.

Abraham Lincoln

Edgar Allen Poe

Victorian daguerreotype case with woman horse and dog c1857

Jabez Hogg making a portrait in Richard Beard's studio, 1843.

Daguerreotype of Paris Avenue from 1839

Circa 1850s occupational portrait of a latchmaker,
photographer unknown.
One of 25 occupational portraits in the
Library of Congress daguerreotype collection.

Greek Ruins