Thanks,John. Knew you had it all. And,as I read,I think another family tradition came crashing down. Ruie Ely Brown wrote that a 5 generaltion picture was considered of her,as a baby, and Thomas Hitch the eldest. 1855-60 here. Photographer said the day too cloudy. Bantam photographer? But,she was the 5th,or baby generation. Any knowledge of the event was told her. Certainly there were group civil war photo's. At the very least,I have a photo of a French-surname- vet buried in Bethel by his grandmother. Who was also my grandfather Fagaly's grandmother. I suppose same French as French Park,Lebanon,Oh She was Sarah ,of Isaac,Phillips m 1814 David,of Charles Fox, about King's Island Park .He died 1830's,at Mason,or Cincinnati? She died years later,at Bethel at her gdau,Sally White's. Have their bibles On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 23:02:36 -0500 John Emmitt <jwemmitt@mindspring.com> writes: > Hi Herman: You asked the question about when photography was > possible. I > understand Photography > was invented by a Frenchman by name of Lagueure in 1833. The > process was > commonly called Daggertype. It started about 1840 in the USA. The > image > was on a silver plated copper sheet. > The image was small usually no larger than 3"x4". The process used > mercury > a poison, if invented today the enviromental people would probably > not > allow the process to be used. The exposure required several > minutes, was > finely detailed, was a negative image that gave the illusion of > positive, > the image was always reversed left to right since it was made in the > camera > without benefit of prisms or mirrors. The image required a frame > with > raised glass to protect the delicate image. About 1852 a process > called > Ambrotype came out. It was a bleached image on glass > that was reversed and backed up by black paint, black velvet or just > black > paper( no longer was the image reversed). They were a little larger > and > not as delicate. About 1852 the tintype was invented just in time > for the > Civil War and for the first time a soldier could insert his picture > of > himself in uniform in an envelope to mail home. It was a bleached > image on > a black painted piece of sheet iron (no tin), also reversed left to > right, > sometimes and more correctly called Ferrotype. about the same time > the wet > plate process was invented allowing large quality photos to be taken > of the > Civil War, also a first time this was possible in a war. The > darkroom had > to be portable and taken along since the glass plate had to be > coated and > exposed while still wet. Dry plate came a little later and > eventually film > was developed. About 1895 amateurs could take snapshots on roll . > film. > > The Daggertype type was too expensive for the average working man. > It cost > a weeks wages $5.00 at that time. The tintype however was very > affordable > it cost as little as 1 cent for a small one. Sometimes tintypes > are > still made at fairs and carnivals as a novelty. May cost a dollar > or more > today. > > Hope this helps John >