The five oldest-known images of Brigham Young are all daguerreotypes.

An 1846 image of Young in Nauvoo, Ill., (the oldest) is missing, but a paper copy survives.

An 1850 image taken in Salt Lake City and owned by the LDS Church.

An early 1850s image in a private collection.

An early 1850s image taken in Salt Lake City that is now in the Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery.

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An early 1850s image recently obtained by BYU and likely taken the same day as the Smithsonian daguerreotype.

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