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Invention of the Light Bulb
Humphry Davy is credited with inventing the first flight bulb that used electricity. The source of light came from a piece of carbon that would glow as electricity was ran through it -
Wedgewood and Davy
Wedgewood was the first individual to have the idea of trying to capture images and preserve them. The issue he faced was that he was not able to fix his images. So many of them do not exist today. When he would take his photos they had to be kept in the dark and couldn't be exposed to air. He would take his photos and store them between 2 pieces of glass to help make sure that air wouldn't be exposed tot he pictures. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisina Purchase was of 800,000 square miles the US purchased from from the french. The land was west of the Mississippi river. It cost the US 27 million dollars -
James Madison as President
Madison was the 4th president of the United States. He was a statesman, lawyer, diplomat, philosopher and Founding Father. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine stated that the US would not intervene in European affairs and that it would not tolerate further European colonization of the America. -
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
Niépce developed heliography a process of creating prints from a photoengraved printing plate. He used a primitive camera to produce what are some of the oldest surviving photographs. -
The Invention of Photography
The earliest surviving photograph was taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce. The photo was taken on a piece of pewter plate that was placed into a camera lucida. The photo was of a roof top. -
Andrew Jackson as President
A fun story we tell in my family is that if trace our family history back Andrew Jackson was related to us! He was an American soldier and statesman who was the 7th President of the USA -
Invention of the Calotype
Henry Fox Talbot, the inventor of the Calotpye took his first photo "latticed window" in his family home. The Calotype process resulted in a negative image that was on paper coated in silver iodide. From this negative, a positive image could be created -
Daguerreotype Invented
Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre, the inventor of the Daguerreotype took this photo, which is believed to be the first picture of a human. Photos from this time had a very long exposure time, the human in the photo was getting their shoe shined and stood still enough to be visible in the photograph -
The Stereoscope
The stereoscope invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone. It was a device that allowed a viewer to see a 3D image. This was done by having a twin lens camera that took 2 images slightly different from each other. This device grew in popularity during the civil war. Sometimes photographs would have color added to them to make them more realistic. -
Daguerreotype Announced to the world
Henry Fox Talbot announced his invention after Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre announced his. Talbot did however take the first picture before Daguerre. -
Daguerre Applies for Patent
Daguerre applied for a patent for his photography method in Britian. He received the patent which made it so photographers couldn't use his process unless they paid for the rights to. -
Fox Talbot Applies for Patent
Fox Talbot applied for a patent for his technology. Talbot only had only comercial photographers pay a fee, and allowed hobbiest to use the technology for free. This in the long run actually hindered the spread of this technology -
Photographs of British Algae (First Female Photographer)
This book is considered the first picture book to ever be produced. It was made by Anna Atkins. She used a process called cyanotype, which was developed by Sir John Herschell which used a sensitized paper covered in iron salts that reacts to the light. Each image is unique and can not be copied. -
The Pencil of Nature
The Pencil of Nature was a series of books between 1844 and 1846 by Fox Talbot -
Glass Plate Negative Process (Collodion Process)
The collodion process was invented by Englishman Frederick Scott Archer. This process used a soluble iodide solution of cellulose nitrate which would be used to cover a glass plate. Once the plate was coated the photogrpaher had about 6 minutes to take the photo before the chemicals wouldn't work anymore. A large amount of equipment was needed for this photo process -
Images of Crimean War
The Crimean War was the first major war where a large number of photographers emerged from. Roger Fenton produced a number of photographs from this war, the one pictured is The Valley of the Shadow of Death. These photographs started to raise issues on war and on photographers manipulating their surroundings to make the photographs have a different meaning or depiction than what really happened. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a formerly enslaved African American who was able to sue for his freedom of his family. -
First aerial Photograph
James Wallace Beck is credited for taking the first aerial photograph. However balloonist Nadar also perused the art of aerial photography. He used wet collodion prints to capture pictures of Pairs. Because he was using wet collodion prints he had to bring a whole dark room into his hot air balloon to take the photos. -
Photos from the Civil War
During the Civil war photographers were used using wet plate collodion. Exposure times were about 2-3 seconds in full daylight, and the negatives were captured on glass plates. The prints were the size of the glass negative.
In the image however we see a 4 lens tin type camera. This camera allowed for photographers to take dominantly portrait style photos. but the result would be multiple thumbnails that soldiers could send back home. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the Civil War. It stated that "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free" This was the first big step into ending slavery. -
Sketchbook of War
Alexander Gardner’s Photographic Sketchbook of the War was published in 1866. The book contained photos of the civil war focusing on dead soldiers. Due to the cost of production only abut 200 books were produced. Each book sold for $150 at the time. Many people bought individual pictures of soldiers on the battle field instead of the book because the individual pictures were much cheaper. -
Cross Continental Rail Road Finished
The Cross Continental Rail Road was a huge achievement connecting the East coast to the West coast greatly reducing travel times, the cost of shipping, and helped allow for the spread of technology and resources through out the USA -
Gelatin Silver Print
This method was developed by Richard Leach Maddox. This method used a suspension of silver salts in gelatin that was coated on glass, plastic or film -
Improvements to Gelatin Silver
Charles Harper Bennett is credited with making the sensitivity of the gelatin silver process much higher. This allowed for faster shutter speeds and helped allow photography and darker areas -
The First Car was Made
German inventor Karl Benx patented his motorwagen. This innovation in technology was almost as big as the rail road. It provided easier transportation and gave birth to the automotive world that we rely on today. Around 1908 cars became accessible to the majority of people. -
Kodak Camera
“You press the button, we do the rest" Kodak helped make photography easy for everyone. Photographers and hobbyists didn't need to dive into the science of how to use chemicals anymore. They could point and shoot and have their photos developed by someone else. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The US Supreme Court upheld that segregation laws were okay as long as the facilities of each race was equal. This gave rise to the "seperate but equal" This did not work out to be the case.
