Historic Early 1850s Daguerreotype Oregon City / Willamette Falls fake beard My scan shows the front

My scan shows the front and the back of the same CDV

Annual meeting of the Winfield

the tintype has been held to the mount with clear tape

Little blond boy seated in a child's size Shaker Style ladder back rush chair

Historic Early 1850s Daguerreotype Oregon City / Willamette Falls fake beard My scan shows the frontOriginal quarter plate daguerreotype of Oregon City and Willamette Falls, circa 1851 1853. A lumber mill with log chute, floating logs on the river, and several boats are visible. The daguerreotypist L. H. Wakefield had a studio in Oregon City in 1853, possibly as early as 1851, so I assume this image was captured by him. In either case, 1851 or 1853, this is possibly the earliest known photograph of the falls; I was not able to find an earlier