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    ‘Photo by Brady’

    May 01, 2022 3 minutes
    by Daniel Spinella

    Where did the powerful, rich, and famous go to have their pictures taken? To Mathew Brady’s studio, of course. After all, by the 1860s he was the most famous photographer in the United States. Born in 1822, Brady was the child of poor Irish immigrants. At age 15, he went to New York City to study with painter (and inventor of the telegraph) Samuel F.B. Morse. While there, Brady was introduced to the new technology of daguerreotypes.

    The process was named for Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. Daguerre was a stage designer in Paris, France. He produced scenes for

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