Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
1840-1865
GUSN-171258
This collection consists of approximately 800 daguerreotypes, ranging from 1/16 inch to full-plates, dating from the early 1840s to the early 1860s. The majority of the items are cased portraits and many of the sitters have been identified. Several of New England's leading daguerreotypists are represented in the collection, such as Southworth & Hawes, John Adams Whipple, John D. Heywood, Lorenzo G. Chase, and John Plumbe, Jr. There is a small but significant quantity of architectural views, including 14 daguerreotypes by Calvin Wheeler Philleo or Stephen Lucas taken in Plymouth, Massachusetts in the early 1850s.Source: Guide to the Library and Archives, 2.
studio portraits
Union cases
exterior views
daguerreotypes (photographs)
ca. 800 daguerreotypes
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005
New England (United States) [general region]
Plymouth (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)
Southworth & Hawes (Photographic studio)
Southworth, Albert Sands, 1811-1894 (Photographer)
Hawes, Josiah Johnson, 1808-1891 (Photographer)
Whipple, John Adams, 1823-1891 (Photographer)
Heywood, John D. (Photographer)
Chase, Lorenzo G., b. 1823 (Photographer)
Plumbe, John, Jr., 1809-1857 (Photographer)
Possibly Philleo, Calvin Wheeler, 1822-1858 (Photographer)
Possibly Lucas, Stephen (Photographer)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
Architectural photography
Collection
Condon, Lorna. "Inside SPNEA: Daguerreotypes of Plymouth." "Old-Time New England," spring 1996, p. 32-47.
The materials in this collection are arranged by size. They are subdivided by photographer's name. Within each size group, unattributed plates are collected under the heading 'unusual' to draw attention to images of unusual visual quality or subject matter. Portrait sitters can be identified by referring to an index of accession numbers, corresponding to numbers on individual cases.
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
