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Past Exhibit
Sights Once Seen,
Daguerreotyping Frémont's
Last Expedition through the Rockies
September 4 - December 23, 2003
Western explorer John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) was one of his generation's greatest hero.
He was nearly one of photography's greatest heroes as well.
Frémont's last expedition
across the Rockies in the winter of 1853-54 was the first in the history of western exploration
to systematically photograph the magnificent terrain of the West using photography's first process,
the daguerreotype; a direct-positive process, creating a highly detailed image on a sheet of copper
plated with a thin coat of silver without the use of a negative.
This exhibit allowed visitors to marvel at daguerreotype photographer Robert Shlaer's recreation of the lost images and
views seen by explorers a century and a half ago.
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Chimney Peak which marks Owl Creek Pass,
South-Central Colorado.
Daguerreotype by Robert Shlaer.
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