The purported Joseph Smith daguerreotype

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4 hours ago, webbles said:

Joseph had light brown hair, so if he did get grey hair, it might have blended in nicely.  That's one reason why the portrait (and this photo of it) is not accurate.

And it’s not like they didn’t have hair dye back then.  

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4 hours ago, talltimber said:

This is the photo of Joseph Smith that his son, Joseph III, put into the Library of Congress. It has evidence of being touched up with paint. Which was a thing being done in that age. He was about 12 when his Father died. One would think he would remember what his father looked like.

 

 

 

Here is a colorized version someone made:



 

I think there is discussion about this photo of a portrait here if you are interested in it…

https://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/74683-discovery-of-photograph-of-joseph-smith/

https://www.mormondialogue.org/topic/75366-discovery-of-photograph-of-joseph-smith-part-ii/

We have had a number of threads over the years discussing possibilities, though you need to use Google or another search engine as the board’s search only goes back one year before calling it quits and doesn’t always get the ones for that year even. (Not complaining, Nemesis, 😛 just explaining, Google does fine for me.)

Edited October 5, 2025 by Calm

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Every time I see a “new member” post, I get hopeful Nemesis has solved the spam pandemic problem and open registrations again.  Alas, even though it’s great to see unfamiliar faces, 2012 is not actually a “new member” imo.