draculasdaughter: Anonymous, Frances Helen Miller Stevens and Mary. Daguerreotype, ca. 1852–18
draculasdaughter: Anonymous, Frances Helen Miller Stevens and Mary. Daguerreotype, ca. 1852–1853; from the Collection of the Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul). Pretty sure this isn’t a Daguerreotype. You almost never see living people in Daguerreotypes because you had to remain incredibly still for a very, very long time. That child wouldn’t be blurred, they’d be a ghostly smear. -- source link