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although the work was made by others, including his brother
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By 1847-1848 Plumbe sold his part of the galleries he'd established. "He sold his New York gallery to
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In a short period of time, Plumbe established a string of daguerreotype studios and galleries, all bearing his name. Visitors to the galleries could view photographic works, receive training, and/or pay to have their portrait taken. Images produced in the Plumbe
Studios were credited to "Plumbe,"
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He began his career as a civil engineer. "He studied civil engineering while still in his late teens and by 1829 was surveying sites for future railroad routes in the southern and eastern portions of the country. About 1836 he relocated to the
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in the mid-19th century. He established a franchise of photography studios in the 1840s in the U.S., with additional branches in Paris and
Liverpool. He created a
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Plumbe lived in
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process for reproducing photographic images, called the "plumbeotype."
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