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    The Daguerre Memorial is a bronze and granite sculpture by Jonathan Scott Hartley in Washington, D.C. It was erected in memory of Louis Daguerre. Erected...
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    Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (/dəˈɡɛər/ də-GAIR, French: [lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de daɡɛʁ]; 18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851) was a French artist and photographer,...
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    “Niépce-Daguerre” to “Daguerre and Isidore Niépce.” On September 27, 1835 he announced the invention as his in the Journal des artistes. Daguerre’s high...
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  • (Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut) Jonathan Scott Hartley – Daguerre Memorial (Washington, D.C.) Martin Johnson Heade – Giant Magnolias on a Blue...
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    also refers to an image created through this process. Invented by Louis Daguerre and introduced worldwide in 1839, the daguerreotype was almost completely...
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    Puritan, for Springfield, Massachusetts. Among his other works are the Daguerre Memorial in Washington; Thomas K. Beecher, Elmira, New York, and Alfred the...
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    The Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Freedman's Memorial or the Emancipation Group is a monument in Lincoln Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood...
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    The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th president of the United States...
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    Louis Daguerre, Florence Nightingale, Charles Darwin, Thomas Alva Edison, Joseph Lister. List of tourist attractions in Perak "Birch Memorial Clock Tower...
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    The Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial, also known as Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson, is a public artwork in Washington, D.C. honoring Dr. Benjamin...
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    Art Museum (2004). "Daguerre Memorial (sculpture)". Inventory of American Sculpture. Smithsonian. Retrieved 24 May 2010. dcMemorials (2009). "Delta Solar...
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    The George Gordon Meade Memorial, also known as the Meade Memorial or Major General George Gordon Meade, is a public artwork in Washington, D.C. honoring...
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    The Albert Pike Memorial is a public artwork in Washington, D.C., erected in 1901, and partially demolished in 2020 by protestors responding to the murder...
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    347. "Boulevard du Temple en 1838 (1837?) par Daguerre" (search for "Pont Neuf") at Niepce-daguerre.com. Retrieved 11 February 2013. "Christo site page...
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  • The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is in Washington, D.C., at Judiciary Square, adjacent to the National Law Enforcement Museum. It honors...
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    United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. Rear Admiral William Thompson was the first president and CEO of the Navy Memorial Foundation, which raised...
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    The Victims of Communism Memorial is a memorial in Washington, D.C. located at the intersection of Massachusetts and New Jersey Avenues and G Street, NW...
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    The Darlington Memorial Fountain, also known as the Joseph Darlington Fountain, Nymph and Fawn, and Darlington Fountain, is a sculpture by C. Paul Jennewein...
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    Moulton and Daguerre families, the latter inheriting 8,056 acres (3,260 ha) in the future location of Laguna Niguel. In 1954 the Daguerres sold 7,200 acres...
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    pewter plate in Paris in 1825. In 1839, after the death of Niépce, Louis Daguerre patented the Daguerrotype, which became the most common form of photography...
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    Francis Asbury, also known as the Francis Asbury Memorial, is a public equestrian statue, by American artist Augustus Lukeman, located at 16th Street and...
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    Alexandre Martin in Paris, like the daguerreotype was fourteen years before by Daguerre. The daguerreotype was established and most popular by now, though the...
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    apparatuses: 2 pumpers, aerial ladders and a hazmat. This replaced Caserne Daguerre. Service incendie Miquelon has four apparatuses: aerial, hazmat, two pumpers...
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    American Revolutionary War. The statue of Rochambeau would become the second memorial installed in the square. In Vendôme, sculptor Fernand Hamar had created...
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    19th-century painting The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel by the French artist Louis Daguerre. In March 1825, a moonlit scene entitled 'Ruins of Holyrood Chapel' was...
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  • The Homecoming (statue) (category Monuments and memorials in the United States)
    The Lone Sailor. The original work is located in the United States Navy Memorial, in Washington, DC. There are full sized copies in Town Point Park, Norfolk...
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    greatest achievements lie in his work with geometric optics. In 1839, Louis Daguerre presented the Daguerreotype, the first commercially successful photographic...
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    original grant to 22,000 acres (89 km2). Moulton and his partner, Jean Piedra Daguerre, used the ranch to raise sheep and cattle. The Moulton Ranch was eventually...
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    early 1900s, the Polish National Alliance asked the U.S. Congress if a memorial to Casimir Pulaski could be erected in Lafayette Square. President Theodore...
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    Organization of American States, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW Louis Daguerre at Seventh and F Streets NW Jane Delano at 18th and E Streets NW William...
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