# Conservation Science & the Daguerreotype

Tracing the history of the daguerreotype from Paris to Philadelphia, this lecture explores the various improvements made to Daguerre's process and the ways in which it was used, examines the importance of Robert Cornelius as an American photographer, explains the history and ethics of conservation treatment and expands upon why conservation science-based research is necessary for the long-term preservation of our earliest national photographic treasures.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2016
- By: Library Of Congress. Preservation Directorate
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690264/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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