 This particular image struck me not only because of its early date, this particular image was done in 1853, less than 15 years after the introduction, the invention photographic medium, but also because of its size. Most 19th century photographs that you look at are quite small, and this is a full plate daguerreotype that has been encased in this gilded frame. Obviously a tremendous amount of care has gone into constructing this image. This would not have been something that would have been bought for next to nothing. Somebody would have invested a certain amount of money and that the photographer has gone to extraordinary lengths to try to create some type of souvenir maybe, documents that speaks to these tourist experience at this very special American landmark in Agro Falls. When I saw it the first time, it of course reminded me of snapshots that we all take of family members on vacation at scenic landmarks, whether it be Yosemite Yellowstone here, for example, being in Agro Falls. But as I looked at it more and more, it was obvious that this was a very carefully constructed image that was not simply spontaneously done, that it followed certain pictorial traditions in terms of the visual iconography of Agro Falls, and that there was nothing spontaneous at all about it.