![Untitled (young boy), undated, sixth-plate daguerreotype. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Early African American Photography, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/08/27/tl.1.2021.10_1_wide-8eb13adc3953ab3fd746233d4bb9d22979309e72.jpg?s=600)
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has bought a collection of early photographs, including very rare daguerreotypes from three early Black photographers dating to the mid 19th century.
(Image credit: J. P. Ball/Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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