Church of Jesus Christ acquires daguerreotype some say is the only photo of Joseph Smith

No confirmed photograph of Joseph Smith exists, but an unnamed donor has given a locket containing a daguerreotype purported to contain an image of him to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

“As we have acknowledged since the discovery of the locket in 2020, we cannot draw a conclusion about who is pictured in the daguerreotype,” the church stated in a news release about the donation.

The church released the statement in response to media questions…

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