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My Daguerreotype Boyfriend

My Daguerreotype Boyfriend

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About

My Daguerreotype Boyfriend is a single topic blog featuring late 1800s black-and-white and daguerreotype photographs of handsome men.

Origin

Daguerreotype[1] is a photographic process introduced in 1839 in which an image is formed on a polished silver surface on top of a metal substrate like copper or brass.


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On May 29th, 2011, editor Michelle Legro launched the Tumblr blog "My Daguerreotype Boyfriend",[5] with the first post reblogging an early photograph of Russian physician and author Anton Chekhov (shown below).


fornerds: anton chekhoY Oh... why, hello there.

Precursors

On October 21st, 2010, the Blogspot blog Bangable Dudes in History[2] was created, featuring photographs and portraits of historical figures accompanied by pie graphs illustrating notable character traits and accomplishments (shown below).


WHY STALIN WAS BAD BOY HOT 1. IS HE WEARING A 4.AMERICAN COWBOY AT HEART, AS HE WAS PRO-BANK ROBBERIES...U-S-A U-S-A! (19.0 KEFFIYEH? (-20.0) 2. INVOLVED IN TWO HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE ACCIDENTS...DAMN, CAN THAT STAT DATE YOU (12.0) 5.PEN NAME "STEEL = COMMENT ON HIS BUNS? (29.0) 3, ESCAPED FROM 6. KINDA LOOKS LIKE SIBERIA 7X WORKING TITLE FOR NEW MICHAEL BAY FILM (15.0) BAPTISTE GIABICONI, AMIRIGHT? (45.0)

On September 11th, 2010, the first episode in a "My Dead Historical Boyfriend" web series was uploaded to YouTube, in which a woman dates the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates (shown below).



Spread

On June 16th, 2011, several black-and-white photographs from the Tumblr blog were highlighted on BuzzFeed.[3]
On July 21st, the Tumblr blog My Historical Portrait Boyfriend was launched, featuring notable paintings and portraits of attractive figures throughout history.



In November, 2012, the 2013 My Daguerreotype Boyfriend Calendar[4] was released on the My Daguerreotype Boyfriend blog, featuring photographs of attractive Union and Confederate and soldiers from the American Civil War (shown below). On August 24th, 2013, the blog was featured on the Internet news site Boing Boing.[6]


SM TW TH F S 1 18 20 21 22 4 5 28 27 8 2 30 31 2 21 22 21 24 25 27 28 28 3 31 1011 12 13 54 15 18 171 20 21 22 23 14 25 2 27 8 10 11 12 13 4 15 1 17 8 18 21 22 1 24 25 28 27 2 MARCH 1 41 17 10 2 21 2221 24 25 28 27 282 3 22 23 24 25 2627 2 57 12 13 14 5 1 17 1 78 10111213 4 15 18 17 18 18 2 21 22 23 24 25 28 27 28 zi 1 20 21 22 23 22 2627 28 2 30 17181020212223 4 25 18 27 28 31 MY DAGUERREOTYPE BOYFRIEND 863-2013 CALENDAR 10 20 21 22 21 24 2 25 27 28 2 33 10111213 14 15 18 17 10 10 0 21 22 3 4 25 2 27 18 1718镎222122 2 24 25 2 2728 2 20 10 7 10111213 $878#1011 12 13 14 5 1 17 2022 25 28 27 18 2 212223242521 27 28 2 30 3 NNDHSAUGUST 1121 171920 21 22 23 24 15 28 27 2 2 18 1 20 21 22 23 2 25 28 27 28 2 303 " 14 1S 17 18 ” 20 21 22 23 24 25 2 2728 30 1011321314 SEPTEMBER is " 17 18 " " 21 22 23 24 25 2 27 28 878 521112 1 18 20 21 22 2 25 28 27 2 30 31 20 21 22 21 24 25 20 27 28 20 3 31 10 11 12 13 11799 20 2 NOVEMBERH 17581 23212223 24252827282933 22 23 14 25 28 27 0 87#9101112 " 14 15 17 18 10 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 27 28 20 31 DECEMBER 1S 17 111 2' 21 223 24 25 2 27

Notable Examples


"source":http://mydaguerreotypeboyfriend.tumblr.com/post/32940767779/daniel-tohill-age-27-1908-mugshot-via-the-new "source":http://mydaguerreotypeboyfriend.tumblr.com/post/47779753074/the-recent-discovery-of-an-unpublished-d-h "source":http://mydaguerreotypeboyfriend.tumblr.com/post/5985725070/fuckyeahhistorycrushes-lewis-thornton-powell
"source":http://mydaguerreotypeboyfriend.tumblr.com/post/5987407502/robert-cornelius-the-original-daguerreotype "source":http://mydaguerreotypeboyfriend.tumblr.com/post/64970981151/john-calhoun-chamberlain-civil-war-chaplain-for "source":http://mydaguerreotypeboyfriend.tumblr.com/post/5986579174/from-the-mountjoy-prison-portraits-of-irish

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