Morse Daguerreotype Camera
- 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
- Object Name
- camera, daguerreotype
- Date made
- ca 1839-1840
- user
- Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
- Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mande
- maker
- Prosch, George W.
- 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
- ID Number
- PG*000004
- accession number
- 20341
- subject
- Photography
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Photographic History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Albert Moore
- Additional Media
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