Daugerreotypes | Living St. Louis

Living St. Louis producer Jim Kirchherr looks back at Daguerreotypes, the first photographs that were made on a metal plate and coated with a silver surface. After making standard portraits of people, Thomas Easterly took photography outside, and catalogued the changes that urbanization brought to St. Louis. His photo gallery also included his pictures of Native Americans, the earliest that have dates.

[@speedy45rpm]

Wonderful story. Thanks so much for posting it.

[@maxpin63]

Beautiful video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks

[@earlyphoto]

Excellent video. I saw an exhibit of French daguerreotypes and many of them were of seemingly casual poses and disappearing urban elements; but few American dags I have seen have these qualities. People relish Southworth and Hawes for creating fairy-tale beautiful dags whose flattery approaches that of a painted miniature. I like S&H; but I much prefer the Easterly dags. Some American dags are scientific or historical, but Easterly's are above and beyond in my eyes.

[@tellmefast]

very interesting

[@rolibiker]

im sorry for him at the end :(

[@jude999]

Tribes prefer "American Indian," not Native American.