When was alexander wolcott born

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Wolcott who was an instrument maker and manufacturer of dental supplies took a daguerreotype of his partner John Johnson on October 7, , according to Taft and this was the first photographic portrait. Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. February 1, The Times-Independent. New Castle News. New Castle, Pennsylvania. June 8, The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, Louisiana. Seizing the Light.

Patents: Ingenious Inventions. Hachette Books. In , Alexander S. Wolcott became the first US person to receive a patent for a camera that took photographs. Wolcott and a partner opened the world's first photo portrait studio in New York just two months before this patent was issued.

Famous first facts. Wolcott and John Johnson. On May 8, , Wolcott received the first photography patent, for 'a method of taking likenesses by means of a concave reflector and plates so prepared that luminous or other rays will act thereon.

The Story of popular photography. Trafalgar Square Pub. Repertory of patent inventions. The Photography Encyclopedia. Schirmer Books. Wolcott and a partner opened the first professional daguerreotypist studio in America when they set up shop in New York City in The inventor of numerous devices for improving the daguerrotype process, he is generally considered the first to make a portrait, in October Focal Encyclopedia of Photography.

The Daguerreotype in America. American Photographic Patents — Carl Mautz Publishing. The Association. Photography and the American Scene. Acls History E Book Project. View Alexander S. Wolcott 's image gallery. Reference sources.