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• Director's Foreword
• Nineteenth-Century Texts
• Complete list of Plates
• Bibliography
• Lenders to the Exhibition

Secrets of the Dark Chamber published by the National Museum of American Art in association with the Smithsonian Institution Press, contains full-color reproductions of all 152 plates from the show along with essays by curators Merry A. Foresta and John Wood and numerous nineteenth-century texts written by and about the daguerreotypists.

The catalog, published by the National Museum of American Art and Smithsonian Institution Press, was also supported by the Gilman Paper Company.

Daguerreotypes created opportunity (1:38) RealAudio
The impact of Daguerreotypes on business was strong. Even a town was named after them!