First Daguerreotype in History Archives

The Oldest Known Photos of the Philippines Ever Taken

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Tucked away in a cabinet at the 7th floor of a New York City building were a group of 18 rare daguerreotypes of Manila from the 1840s, possibly the oldest photographic record of the Philippines ever discovered.