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Let there be Light!
Humphry Davy invented the first electric light -
Non-Permanent Photos
Wedgewood & Davy's silver nitrate experiments -
Lewis and Clark Expedition begins
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Lewis and Clark Expedition ends
Lewis and Clark reach the pacific ocean -
Lithography
patented by Niepce -
The Negative
created by Niepce -
"The First Photograph"
taken by Nicéphore Niépce with a camera obscura -
*Tap Tap Tap Ding!*
W.A. Burt invents the typewriter -
Charles Darwin Travels to the Galapagos
From September to October to study animals, aboard his boat the Beagle. -
Salt Paper Print
Introduced by William Henry Fox Talbot, the first positive prints
(image shown was taken later in the mid 1840's) -
Photography Presentation to the World
on the behalf of Daguerre, who had "a sore throat". -
Photogenic Drawing - Leaf
photo taken by Talbot using his photographic process -
Calotype Invented
Invented by Henry Fox Talbot -
Cyanotype is Invented
One of the first non-silver methods invented by John Herschel -
California Gold Rush Begins
James W. Marshall finds gold in California -
California Gold Rush Ends
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First Colored Photograph
Taken by Thomas Sutton, using the three color method invented by James Clerk Maxwell -
American Civil War Begins
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Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln abolishes slavery -
American Civil War Ends
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All Aboard!
Transcontinental railroad completed -
Muybridge's Moving Horse
Muybridge creates his photo-series using high speed cameras and trip wires -
The Motorwagen
The first car, invented by Karl Benz -
Kodak is Founded
“You push the button, we do the rest.” -
Discovery of the X-Ray
Discovery by German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen -
The Brownie goes on sale
The first mass marketed camera by Kodak for $1
