Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts

Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts

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Whole plate daguerreotype in cardboard frame of Faneuil Hall in Boston, Mass. An inscription in an unknown hand on the back of the frame reads, "Taken by Gilman Joslin. May 1839. The first taken in Boston." It is more likely that this daguerreotype was taken ca. 1840. From the Daguerreotype collection; Photo. 1.359L

Gilman Joslin

Massachusetts Historical Society, www.masshist.org

circa 1840

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