Mirror of Time: Cased Portraits from the Dawn of Photography A Free First Friday Gallery Talk

From 1839 into the 1860s, people held their loved ones’ images as daguerreotypes or ambrotypes tucked into hinged cases. The cases protected the images from exposure to the ravages of air—but that also bars them from public display. Toxic to produce, they are increasingly difficult to find, but the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives owns several hundred. Join Photo Archivist Daniel Kosharek for “Mirror of Time: Cased Portraits from the Dawn of Photography,” as he pulls a few from storage for this special one-time viewing in the museum lobby.

Free museum admission to everyone from 5 to 8 pm.