Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Professor Draper” in chapter 2.4, page 38 of The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles.:

...etermine his whole life-work. For that very year (1839) Daguerre made his daguerreotype known to the world; and Brady's keen interest was intensified when, in 1840, on his own side of the ocean, Professor Draper produced the first photographic portrait the world had yet seen, a likeness of his sister, which required the amazingly short exposure of only ninety seconds! Brady's natural business-sense and h...

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