PPT Slide
The Library of Congress's daguerreotype collection consists of
more than 725 photographs dating from 1839 to 1864. Portrait
daguerreotypes produced by the Mathew Brady studio make up the
major portion of the collection. The collection also includes early
architectural views by John Plumbe, several Philadelphia street
scenes, early portraits by pioneering daguerreotypist Robert
Cornelius, studio portraits by black photographers James P. Ball
and Francis Grice, and copies of painted portraits.