Daguerreotype, only photo of Joseph Smith?
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, acquires daguerreotype some say is the only photo of Joseph Smith!
Story submitted by: Don McAreavy
June 05, 2026
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.
Joseph Smith was born in 1805 and murdered in 1844.
Will we see this guy in the Celestial Kingdom?
