I have been fascinated by the daguerreotype since I bought my first one while I was taking a photography course in Boston.  It put photography in the proper historical perspective.  Announced by Daguerre in France in 1839, the daguerreotype was the first way of capturing images of everyday and important people. I will provide a brief historical and technical perspective of the daguerreotype.  I will show some of the better images in my collection, and discuss how my tastes in images have changed over time.  Right now I’m into images of children and infants, especially those with hidden parents that struggled with squirming babies.  I am as fascinated by great daguerreotype images as images where you can see the photographer’s mistakes.