How on earth was that possible?

Holy McNuggets!

That's Mary Todd Lincoln.

This one is super interesting. The man in the photo is Robert Cornelius, an amateur chemist and photography enthusiast. Cornelius took a picture of himself in the back of his family's chandelier store. He set up the camera and then ran into the frame for the picture, thus having clicked the first-ever 'selfie'. In 1839!!!

James Franço’s ancestor?

Who is he? I saw that face before...

I am always amazed by this photo, I feel like I know him, this photo connects through the century

He kind of looks like Logan's twin brother if he has one.

These are fantastic but the blur tool is definitely strong on this lady.

Was this originally a tinted daguerreotype, or is that some kind of discoloration of the metal? I mean, it sure looks like the ribbon and dress were intended to be yellow. I’d love to see a colorized version of the restoration, IF the yellow turns out to be tinting.

Is it just me, or was the lady looking directly into the camera in the original photo and now she is looking to the upper left (from her perspective)?

Would make a great album cover. :-)

Benedict Cumberbatch's ancestor?

Every work of art is a beauty.

The oldest known daguerrotype of Abraham Lincoln taken in 1846. It was reportedly taken shortly after he was elected to the US House of Representatives.

The text lost its accent marks??

Lady, you've got talent. Or patience. Probably both.

She looks a bit different, but I just can't put my finger on what it is...

The pose on this one is a little odd. I hate to criticise anything about any of these, as an amazing job has been done on restoring all of these, but on the original, it looks like the figure is leaning on something, this appears to have been removed and it leaves the pose feeling - off.

Boy do I remember getting bundled up like this as a child. This ensemble would be more for going out to dinner or over to a relative’s house. For going out to play, you’d be bundled up in a snowsuit like Randy—-Ralphie’s brother in “A Christmas Story”.

This looks like an excess of photoshopping, such as you’d see on some “influencer’s account, and not a restoration. The face doesn’t look natural.

This one woud be hard because it would be hard to tell if the older one was a guy or a girl. But you did great!

Cool photo—-and the woman is especially daring in it. Sitting on a carpet behind a hookah would mark her as a bohemian, and Victorian society might consider her wanton and reckless with her reputation.

this one probably looks the most realistic out of all of them to me

Lost all face texture.

The proportions look a bit off in the restoration. Plus, the face looks kind of crookedly photoshopped in.

What is going on in this photo?