A portrait of early American photographer Albert Sands Southworth, believed to have been taken in 1848. Southworth & Hawes operated their daguerreotype studio in Boston, Massachusetts from 1843 to 1863 and were considered to be artistic and technical innovators of the medium Illustration: Photograph: Southworth & Hawes/ George Eastman House/ Getty Images
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