William Stroud, The Frederick Nale Bakery, Norristown, Pennsylvania  Daguerreotype, 1850 ~~ Early American photographer, William Stroud, was born Nov 8, 1812 in Norristown, Pennsylvania (d. 1889) ~~ “According to an advertisement in the Norristown, Pennsylvania, Register, Stroud—the town’s first resident photographer—opened his daguerreotype studio on September 3, 1850. His advertisements urged clients to “‘call as early in the day as possible … avoid [wearing] light blue, or too much WHITE.’” - Merry A. Foresta. American Photographs: The First Century (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art with the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996). Click for high-res photo

William Stroud, The Frederick Nale Bakery, Norristown, Pennsylvania 

Daguerreotype, 1850

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Early American photographer, William Stroud, was born Nov 8, 1812 in Norristown, Pennsylvania (d. 1889)

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“According to an advertisement in the Norristown, Pennsylvania, Register, Stroud—the town’s first resident photographer—opened his daguerreotype studio on September 3, 1850. His advertisements urged clients to “‘call as early in the day as possible … avoid [wearing] light blue, or too much WHITE.’”

- Merry A. Foresta. American Photographs: The First Century (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art with the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1996).