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America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864

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[Joseph Jenkins Roberts, half-length portrait, full face].

Anson, Rufus, photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[ca. 1851]

SUMMARY
Roberts arrived in Liberia in 1829 from Virginia. In 1839 Roberts was appointed Vice Colonial Governor of the Commonwealth of Liberia and took over as Governor of the Commonwealth, in 1841, when Thomas Buchanan died. Served as the first and seventh president of Liberia.

NOTES
Case: back only, diamond inside geometric design.

Label taped on back of case: President Roberts.

This is a copy daguerreotype. Anson was not known to have operated a daguerreotype studio when President and Mrs. Roberts visited the United States. The original daguerreotype is attributed to Augustus Washington. See similar backdrop in DAG no. 1029.

Was part of LOT 8554.

Original served by appointment only.

Transfer; Manuscript Division.

Forms part of: American Colonization Society Records, 1792-1964 (Library of Congress).

Forms part of: Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress).

The American Colonization Society was organized in 1817 to resettle Afro-Americans in Liberia.

SUBJECTS
Roberts, Joseph J.--(Joseph Jenkins),--1809-1876.
Portrait photographs--1850-1860.
Daguerreotypes--1850-1860.

RELATED NAMES
Washington, Augustus, b. 1820, photographer

MEDIUM
1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype.

CALL NUMBER
DAG no. 1000

REPRODUCTION NUMBER
LC-USZC4-4609 DLC (color film copy transparency)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-18521 DLC (digital from from uncased original item)
LC-USZ6-1921 DLC (b&w film copy neg. post-1992)
LC-USZ62-41178 DLC (b&w film copy neg. pre-1992)
LC-USZ62-44732 DLC (b&w film copy neg. pre-1992)

SPECIAL TERMS OF USE
No known restrictions on publication.

PART OF
Daguerreotype collection (Library of Congress)
American Colonization Society. Records,

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID
(digital file from color film copy transparency) cph 3g04609 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g04609
(digital file from uncased original item) ppmsca 18521 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.18521
(digital file from b&w film copy neg. post-1992) cph 3d01921 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3d01921
(digital file from b&w film copy neg. pre-1992) cph 3a41507 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a41507
(digital file from b&w film copy neg. pre-1992) cph 3a44958 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a44958

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