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World's first Phtograph
The first photgraph, taken by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce using a process called heliography. -
Ralph Waldo-Emerson
An outcast in his family, Waldo was a creatice writer. -
The First "Selfie"
Robert Cornelius set up a camera and took the world’s first self-portrait in the back of a business on Chestnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia. -
First Picture of the Sun
The first photograph of our sun was taken by French Physicists Louis Fizeau and Leon Foucault. -
Civil War Photo
One of the first photos take with a new process invented by Frederick Scott Archer and Gustave Le Gray. -
The world's First Color Photogrpah
Taken by a mathematical physicist named James Clerk Maxwell. -
Prairie Settlement
A family settles in their "little house on the prairie" In Nebraska. -
Foot binding
The bound feet of a Chinese woman are juxtaposed with a normal, unbound foot. -
Baseball Pictures in the 1800's
In the late 1800's baseball player had to hang baseballs from strings to create the illusion of an action shot. -
Early Kodak
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Wellington Building
Wellington Machine Company building, established in 1879, located on DeWolfe Street in Wellington. -
First Lightning Picture
Photographer: William Jennings -
Wellington's Fire depatrment
22 members of Wellington's Volunteer Fire Department posing in town square. -
First Fatal Airplane Crash Captured
This photo showcases the death of Aviator Thomas Selfridge. The plane was an experimental design by the Aerial Experimental Association, which was part of the US Army. -
Winged Fairies
Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths two relatives produced a series of photographs where they showing small winged fairies. -
Sparks Circus
Pictures depicts a clown new to the show. -
Puget Sound River
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First Spcae Picture
The first photograph from space was taken by the V-2 #13 rocket. The camera that captured the shot was a 35mm motion picture camera that snapped a frame every second and a half. -
First Digital Photo
20 years before Kodak’s engineer invented the first digital camera. The photo is a digital scan of a shot initially taken on film. -
First Picture of Earth from the Moon
A Lunar Orbiter traveling in the vicinity of the Moon snapped the shot and was then received at Robledo De Chervil in Spain.