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ARTICLES AND ESSAYS ON

DR. JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER AND THE FIRST PORTRAITS

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FIRST PUBLISHED ARTICLE:

THE MOST FAMOUS DAGUERREIAN PORTRAIT:

Exploring the History of the Dorothy Catherine Draper Daguerreotype

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SECOND PUBLISHED ARTICLE:

"IT WAS I WHO TOOK THE FIRST"

An Investigation Into Professor Robert Taft's Assessment of Whether
Dr. John William Draper Took the First Portrait

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ONLINE ESSAY:

INTO THE LIGHT

John William Draper and the Earliest American Photographic Portraits

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THIRD PUBLISHED ARTICLE:

DAGUERREIAN TREASURES AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

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