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Summer A. Smith
19th century daguerreotype photographer

Summer A. Smith

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19th century daguerreotype photographer
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Summer A. Smith was an American photographer who worked in the 1850s and 1860s and was an early creator of daguerrotypes.

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Summer A. Smith
Blacksmith Forging a Horseshoe, c. 1859–1860, by Summer A. Smith

Smith was one of eighteen professional women photographers who worked in Pennsylvania prior to 1870.

She was active in the 1850s and 1860s, including a stint in Philadelphia and Montrose, Iowa. While in Philadelphia, she boarded at one of the several inns known as the Black Horse Tavern and operated a daguerreotypist studio nearby.

Two of her prints are included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.

Notable work

  • Blacksmith Forging a Horseshoe, 1859-1860
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