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Ambrotype or Daguerreotype? A quick and easy way to tell the difference
By practicalarchivist Ambrotype or Daguerreotype? A quick and easy way to tell the difference
There are two types of cased images that date back to the 1800s: ambrotypes and daguerreotypes.
The quick and easy way to tell the difference between the two is that a daguerreotype will look like a mirror when you move it in the light. An ambrotype will not.
I was thinking about this the other day when » READ MORE
Ambrotype or Daguerreotype? A quick and easy way to tell the difference
By practicalarchivist Ambrotype or Daguerreotype? A quick and easy way to tell the differenceThere are two types of cased images that date back to the 1800s: ambrotypes and daguerreotypes.
The quick and easy way to tell the difference between the two is that a daguerreotype will look like a mirror when you move it in the light. An ambrotype will not.
I was thinking about this the other day when I pu » READ MORE
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