Mrs. Genung and Miss Cary, Artists of Established Merit

The lives of two pioneering California photographers. Daguerreian Annual 2023 (updated 2024)

Two Degrees of Separation

A man in a  daguerreotype connects John Brown and the Trail of Tears. Daguerreian Quarterly 2024 #4

Two women in Dr. Herdner’s Life

Only one of them is flesh-and-blood.  Automata magazine July-Aug 2024

William Park Codman: Downward mobility, upward conscience

Codman and his family history – from slavery to failed utopia.  In progress

A Tale of Two Collectors

What Literary Annual books and Daguerreotype cases had in common. Daguerreian Annual 2017-2018

Pulling a name from a Hat

Identifying a daguerreotype from a prominent New York family. Unpublished

Daguerreian Cenotaphs

Victorian memorial images without a corpse.  Pending publication

Daguerreophilia

The uneven distribution of American daguerreotypes, explained. Daguerreian Quarterly 2023 #2

Acacia Dreamscape cases

Some beautiful but rare daguerreotype cases. Daguerreian Quarterly 2025 #2

Robert Taft nailed it!

New evidence supports Robert Taft’s 1939 estimate of total American daguerreotypes. Daguerreian Quarterly 2023 #2

Taken by J. Smith

A photographer finally identified. Daguerreian Quarterly 2023 #4

Kossuth cases

Beautiful cases of japanned papier-mache. Unpublished