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The daguerreotype, introduced in 1839, was the first publicly announced photographic process and the first to come into widespread use.
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The Stereograph was used for taking pictures of battles and camps. They were most popular from the early 1850s to the early 1900s.
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In 1854, James Ambrose Cutting of Boston took out several patents relating to the process and may be responsible for coining the term "ambrotype".
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Carte de Visite were patented in Paris, France by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri
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The Carte de Visite was slow to gain widespread use until 1859 when it spread all around Europe and then to America
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Tintypes (ferrotypes) enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s.
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By the early 1860s, photos that were less costly and produced more easily viewed images had almost completely replaced it.
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Abrotypes became popular for simple portraits of soldiers. These Photos were usually made on glass or metal, and placed in small glass-covered wooden cases.
