I had to look too. Webster says a Daguerreotype is "an early photograph produced on a silver or a silver-covered copper plate." They have a noticable difference in them and the look of a tin-type. Madelon -----Original Message----- From: JimandBecky Alford <jbalf@gwtc.net> To: TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com <TNGIBSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 9:10 AM Subject: Fw: [TNGIBSON-L] Photos > I remember an occupation of 'daguerrotypist' for a person >>enumerated in the 1850 census for Gibson County. > >Can someone explain what a daguerrotypist/daguerroetype photo in layman's >terms is ? I've search for a definition on the net and I'm still unsure of >what it is. > >Thanks >Becky > > >