The Village of Clyde, situated on the Clyde River, is part of the Town of Galen in Wayne County, New York. Located on the county’s southern border and west of Syracuse, Clyde had a population of 2,093 in 2010, while the town’s population was 4,290.
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Lost Daguerreotype — Draft – Episode 8: Diverse Perspectives
Abraham Lincoln’s humble beginnings in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor in 1809 became a powerful symbol of his rise to the presidency. This narrative of Lincoln as a self-made man was reinforced by the stark contrast between his origins and his later achievements.
Lost Daguerreotype — Draft – Episode 7: Journalists on Board
The birth name of Henry Villard was Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard, from the German city of Speyer. As a teenager, he emigrated to the United States in the 1850s without his parents’ knowledge.
Lost Daguerreotype — Draft – Episode 5: 1,900 Miles in 12 Days
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Lost Daguerreotype — Draft – Episode 4: A Discovery at a Manhattan Photo Fair
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Lost Daguerreotype — Draft – Episode 3: False Hopes and True Disappointments
Identification and analysis of old photographs is a patient art; one is often surprised to understand how different one’s neighbor’s vision can be. Six examples follow of collectors or researchers who believed they had found a daguerreotype representing Lincoln.
Lost Daguerreotype — Draft – Episode 2: The Only Known Lincoln Portrait in Daguerreotype
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Lost Daguerreotype — Draft – Episode 1: An Inquiry into Method
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Lost Daguerreotype — DRAFT -Episode 10: The Photographer and His Notable Patron
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