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19th century daguerreotype photographer
Summer A. Smith
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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.
Career
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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