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[Phase of the moon taken March 1851]
Summary
"Crystalotype" or salted paper print from a daguerreotype of the moon taken and printed by John A. Whipple.
Illus. in: The photographic art-journal. New York : W.B. Smith, 1853, v. 6, no. 1 (July), frontispiece.
Corresponding text appears on page 66.
Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. /A nursery rhyme from the 1700's /
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Date
01/01/1851
Contributors
Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891, photographer
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.
