Vintage American Daguerreotype Photos Of Students & Teachers From The Victorian Era (1840s/1850s)

A collection of daguerreotype photographs of students and their teachers taken during the 1840s and 1850s throughout the United States.
Sources: Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum.
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[@jec1ny]

@0:30 I wonder, how many of those kids caught pneumonia and died while posing for that photo? Great video as always.

[@siobhanmurphy9605]

The girl at the very end on the right of the first photo. Is that fingers wrapped around her arm? Creepy

[@pierrearnu4032]

lls ont vraiment pas l'air heureux . la vie etait dure a l'epoque et les enseignants ne rigolaient pas

[@zzzzzz6841]

Não tem um negro nas fotos. Tudo em nome de deus, assim eles diziam.