The Early Days of Photography | Walter Edgar's Journal - Episode 1

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In the first segment on Mary Chesnut’s photo album, Harvey Teal details the earliest days of photography, and describes the various types of photographs: daguerreotype, amber type, Carte de Visite, and tin type.  

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