This half plate daguerreotype of a country estate is believed to have been made in Manhattan in October of 1848 or earlier. The daguerreotype shows in the foreground what is almost certainly the old Bloomingdale Rd., referred to as a 'continuation of Broadway' in the city directories of the day." -Sothebys

This half plate daguerreotype of a country estate is believed to have been made in Manhattan in October of 1848 or earlier. The daguerreotype shows in the foreground what is almost certainly the old Bloomingdale Rd., referred to as a 'continuation of Broadway' in the city directories of the day." -Sothebys