19th
Century Daguerreian Manuals
Bisbee,
A. (1853) History and Practice of Daguerreotyping (pdf,
3.04mb)
Fisher,
GT (1845) Photogenic Manipulation, Part II (pdf,
11.73mb poor quality)
Hill,
L.L. (1850) A Treatise on Daguerreotype (pdf, 3.51mb)
Humphrey,
S.D. (1849) A System of Photography (pdf, 3.76mb)
Humphrey,
S.D. (1858) American Handbook of the Daguerreotype (pdf,
677kb)
Lerebours,
N.P. (1843) A Treatise on Photography (pdf, 6.29mb)
Thornewaite,
W.H. (1845) A Guide to Photography (pdf, 2.85mb)
Wet-Plate Collodion Manuals
Archer,
F.S. (1854) The Collodion Process on Glass (html at Sean
MacKenna's website)
Eastman-Kodak
(1935) Collodion and the Making of Wet-Plate Negatives (pdf,
9.4mb)
Ellis,
M.H. (1856) Ambrotype and Photographic Instructor (pdf,
1.82mb)
Lea,
M.C. (1868) A Manual of Photography (html at University
of Michigan)
Towler,
J. (1864) The Silver Sunbeam (html at Stanford
University)
19th Century Photographic Catalogues
E. & H.T. Anthony & Company
1870 Catalogue (pdf, 1.61mb)
Benjamin
French & Company 1890 Catalogue (pdf, 14.89mb)
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