these were tremendously exciti ng images. this one depicted the general and his troops marching down the street in the winter of 1847. this body of pictures represented the earliest examples of photojournalism in the world. the very first time that i target for had caught up with a camera to photograph an event value.sworthy they are also the first photographs of war. you can imagine the excitement with which i received a phone call from a colleague who had a book deal in connecticut. he asked if i heard the exciting news. that west point had required a collection of 50 mexican war daguerreotypes. i asked for more details and to congratulate him. and he's a good time with your phone call. just this morning we turned down the acquisition, they are not here. i said where are they? he said i cannot really tell you. bookcall back that loo dealer and said where are they, i did not know. i have call me back in half an hour. and he did. i call this gentleman to arrange see the fabled collection of 50 mexican war daguerreotypes. aske