Daguerrotype

Frederick Douglass. Photograph by Samuel J. Miller. 1847-1852.

Hugh Miller, ca. 1843

by Hill & Adamson

Daguerrotype. Unknown.

Alvin Adams, ca 1850.

ca. 1850, daguerreotype

 Man holding a cat. Unknown.

Daguerrotype. Unknown pretty boy

1850 Reverend Rollin Heber Neale

Reverend Rollin Heber Neale, daguerrotype
... I love his hair style, to be honest :))

Albert Sands Southworth, cca 1848

Maybe the first sexy symbol :D
Albert Sands Southworth (1811–1894) operated Southworth & Hawes daguerreotype studio with Josiah Johnson Hawes (1808–1901) from 1843 to 1863.

1839 self-portrait of Robert Cornelius, one of the first photographs of a human to be produced

 

Robert Cornelius (March 1, 1809 – August 10, 1893) was an American pioneer of photography and lamp manufacturer.This self-portrait of Robert Cornelius is the oldest known existing photographic portrait of a human in America.