Antedating of "Photographer"

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Tue Nov 7 17:37:44 UTC 2006


At 11/7/2006 09:54 AM, you wrote:
>photographer (OED Dec. 1846)
>
>1846 _Daily Sentinel and Gazette_ 28 July (19th Century U.S. Newspapers)
>(adv't) PLUMBE National Daguerrian Gallery and Photographer's Furnishing
>Depots.
>
>Fred Shapiro

"Daguerrian" is perhaps interesting too.  Not in OED2.

Joel

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