Photo History Today

The First Photograph Published in a Newspaper —1848

It would be difficult for modern readers to accept the text-only version of a newspaper.   One online source containing “a brief history of the birth of photojournalism,” states that the first illustration to appear in a newspaper, similar to modern courtroom renderings, was around 1806, and the first actual

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“Decayed Daguerreotypes” from Public Domain Review

Sometimes photo history just drops something remarkable in your lap. In this case, PHSNE’s esteemed newsletter editor Beverly Regelman came across The Public Domain Review and put a short note in the March 2022 issue of snap shots. Founded in 2011, this non-profit online website seems to have a web? network?

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Louis Daguerre by Jean-Baptiste Sabatier-Blot,1844

Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was born 234 years ago today

Daguerre (1787-1851), a Parisian theater set designer who staged elaborate hand-painted screens that depicted far away lands like the Swiss Alps, is credited with creating the first complete photographic process, the daguerreotype. He partnered with Nicéphore Niépce in 1829, and after Niépce died in 1833, Daguerre continued to experiment and

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Outside and inside BE-PS in Pikesville.m MD

Who wants those Kodaks sitting on the shelf?

Even the most hardened photographers can be sentimental. Johnny Martyr, a mid-Atlantic Coast film photographer, crafted this paean to a small camera repair shop, Baltimore Photo-Electronic Services, in Pikesville, MD. Anyone who would rather fix an old camera or lens than toss it out for a new one would feel

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MIT Museum Curator Gary Van Zante & Theodore Lilienthal’s New Orleans Views at the 1867 Paris World’s Fair 


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