Making a daguerreotype of the George Eastman House
Photograph
Making a daguerreotype of the George Eastman House
October 1, 1973
Gelatin silver prints
Image (each): 3 × 3 1/16 in. (7.6 × 7.7 cm)
Mount: 3 1/2 × 6 15/16 in. (8.9 × 17.7 cm)
Gift of Nicholas M. Graver
1974.0011.0001
Inscriptions Printed in black on recto: A Second Century of Stereoscopic Views \ No. 001 \ MAKING A DAGUERREOTYPE OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOSUE, October 1, 1973 \ Irving Pobboravsky, assisted by William Peterson, makes a four-minute \ exposure on a 5" x 7" plate using a Giroux camera. This camera is from the \ collection of the International Museum of Photography. It bears the signature of Daguerre, the inventor, and the seal of Giroux, the manufacturer. \ It is an example of the first camera comercially produced. \ Glass dry plate stereograph made with a Stereo Auto Graflex \ Published by N.M. Graver, Photographer P.O. Box 18051, Rochester, N.Y. 14618
