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Lost Photos of History

Before photography, life masks gave us the perfect likeness of people. Plaster was applied to the head and sometimes upper torso to create a mold to cast the life mask of a person.

Below are blog posts of “Fake” historical photographs using life masks with a little history to boot.

Lost Photos of History

Lost Photos of History – United States Founding Fathers

Lost Photos of History – James & Dolley Madison Daguerreotypes Revisited

Lost Photos of History – Dolley Madison at Montpelier

Adobe Photoshop – Behind the Scenes of a “Fake” History Photo

The Lost Daguerreotype Photograph of John Quincy Adams

The Lost Daguerreotype Photograph of 2nd U.S. President John Adams

Lost Photos of History – John Adams & John Quincy Adams at Peacefield

Lost Photos of History – John Quincy Adams at Peacefield

Lost Photos of History – Thomas Jefferson at Monticello Part II

Lost Photos of History – Thomas Jefferson at Monticello Part I

Lost Photos of History – James Madison In The Drawing Room At Montpelier

Lost Photos of History – Thomas Jefferson and James Madison at Monticello

The Lost Daguerreotype Photographs of James and Dolley Madison

See all Digital Yarbs Creations

Life Mask Facial Reconstructions of History

Lost Photographs of History

Intimate History Tours

Colorizing History

The James Madison Project

All Things Adams – John Quincy Adams

Nowhere To Go!

Classic Cars

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