The 2013 New England Journal of Photographic History, #171, celebrates the 40th anniversary of the society. Articles in this special issue include: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy’s wedding photos; the photo history of the Wright Brother’s first flight; the invention of the plastic camera lens; the Boston Bull’s-Eye camera; a study collection of photographs by nineteenth-century Boston photographers; the story of the Petzval lens; and an extensive list of photo history resources in New England.

Also included is an in-depth history of PHSNE, a review of the years 2003-2013, and the Collector’s Showcase, 42 pages of images, cameras, lenses, and photographica treasures from PHSNE members’ collections.