Daguerreotypes, Available Online, Washington, Augustus

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[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, half-length portrait, full face] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Roberts arrived in Liberia in 1829 from Virginia. In 1839 Roberts was appointed Vice Colonial Governor of the Commonwealth of Liberia and took over as Governor of the Commonwealth, in 1841, when Thomas Buchanan died. Served as the first and seventh president of Liberia.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus - Anson, Rufus
Date: 1854-01-01

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[Jane Roberts, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, full face] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Wife of President of Liberia, Joseph Jenkins Roberts.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus - Anson, Rufus
Date: 1854-01-01

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[James Skivring Smith, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, seated at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Photograph shows James Skivring Smith who was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He arrived in Liberia in 1833. He served as Secretary of State of Liberia, 1856-1860; Senator, Grand Bassa County, 1868-1869; Vice President under Edward Roye, 1870-1871 and Superintendent Grand Bassa County, 1874-1884.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856-01-01

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[John Hanson, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, wearing glasses, seated at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype; 8.5 x 7 x .5 cm.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856-01-01

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[Chancy Brown, three-quarter length portrait, facing front] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Photograph shows Chancy Brown who served as Sargeant at Arms of the Liberian Senate.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856-01-01

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[Edward Morris, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856-01-01

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[Beverly Page Yates, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, seated at table, holding rolled piece of paper] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Photograph shows Beverly Yates, Vice president of Liberia. He served as the Associate Justice of Liberia and the Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas for Montserrado County. He helped found the Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons, in 1867.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856-01-01

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[C.H. Hicks, in profile, seated at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856-01-01

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[James B. Yates, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters view, seated in chair at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856-01-01

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[James M. Priest, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Photograph shows Vice President of Liberia under Daniel Bashiel Warner, 1864-1867; third president of Liberia, 1867.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856-01-01

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[Philip Coker, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated, wearing spectacles] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Photograph shows Philip Coker, Chaplain of the Senate of Liberia.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856-01-01

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[Alfred Francis Russell, three-quarter length portrait, full face, seated at desk] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Photograph shows Alfred Francis Russell who was born in Kentucky and moved to Liberia in 1833. He served as Vice President of Liberia from 1878 to 1883 and became President in 1883.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856-01-01

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[Edward J. Roye, three-quarter length portrait, standing, with hand raised] Photograph shows Liberian Edward J. Roye who served as speaker of the Liberian House of Representatives (1849-1850), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia and President of Liberia from 1870 to 1871.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1856

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[Unidentified man with beard, half-length portrait, full face] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1854-01-01

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[Unidentified man, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1854-01-01

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[Stephen Allen Benson, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to the left] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype. | Photograph shows Stephen Allen Benson, second president of Liberia.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1854-01-01

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[Woman, probably Sarah McGill Russwurm, sister of Urias Africanus McGill, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, holding daguerreotype case] 1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype, hand-colored ; 9 x 9.7 x 2.3 cm.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus
Date: 1854-01-01

Collection

Daguerreotypes There are approximately 700 daguerreotypes in the Prints & Photographs Division. The majority of the images are portraits, but the collection does include a few early architectural views, outdoor scenes, and copies of works of art.

Contributor: Washington, Augustus - Cornelius, Robert - Brady, Mathew B. - Anson, Rufus
Date: 1839

Collection Items: View 873 Items

Collection Daguerreotypes

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