Object Details
- Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
- Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande
- Prosch, George W.
- Description
- Samuel F. B. Morse (1791–1872), an artist and inventor of the telegraph, was in Paris in 1839 sharing the scientific and celebrity stage with Daguerre. The two inventors shared notes on their inventions and Morse returned to the US with a camera, perhaps the first camera in the United States. Morse, whose photographic endeavors would be limited, inspired and taught a number of men who would become important photographers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1839-1840
- ID Number
- PG.000004
- accession number
- 20341
- catalog number
- 4
- Object Name
- camera, daguerreotype
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 10 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 26.67 cm x 26.67 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Photography
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_834664
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-6a45-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
