"Daguerrian Rooms"

Photographer unidentified, possibly L.J. Phillips
[View of a horse and covered cart in front of white frame building with signs for County House, J. Griggs and L.J. Phillips, Daguerrian Rooms, Thompson, Connecticut]
Sixth-plate daguerreotype, between
1850 and 1860
Prints & Photographs Division
Purchase/exchange with
Dr. Gary Vroegindewey, 1981
LC-USZC4-4076 (124A.1)
[Digital ID# cph.3d02053]

Most likely this image was taken by the daguerreotypist, L.J. Phillips, who may have worked as an itinerant daguerreotypist. His sign, which is made of cloth, can be seen under the upper right window of the County House. It was not unusual for a photographer to set up a temporary studio in a town that could not support a resident daguerreotypist.