180-Year-Old Image

Yesterday I learned that John Quincy Adams was the first president or former president of the U.S. to be photographed.

It happened in 1843:

This daguerreotype was taken by Philip Haas about five years before Adams's death, during the time he was serving in the House of Representatives. 

While reading about Adams, I learned that he spoke eight languages, and that he was the only president who has ever spoken Russian.