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Period: 1398 to 1468
Movable Print
Johannes Gutenberg (c.1398-1468) pioneers the modern printing press, using rearrangeable metal letters called movable type. -
Period: 1519 to
Camera Obscura
Invented in 1519 where scenes were drawn with pen and ink on interior walls of the camera or room. First drawing of Camera Obscura was made by Leonardo da Vinci. -
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Colour Plate Book
The first American colour plate book, William Birch's The City of Philadelphia in the Year 1800, was printed from engraved copper plates, which were then coloured by hand. -
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Photograph
First photograph was produced in 1826 by John Niepce.
First photograph did not use any film, instead John Niepce used silver halide salts on a metal sheet. -
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Photos on Glass
Louis Daguerre invents a practical method of taking pin-sharp photographs called Daguerreotypes. -
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Typewriter
Christopher Latham Sholes invents the modern typewriter and QWERTY keyboard. The first commercially viable typewriter by Remington, produced in 1873 -
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Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone, though the true ownership of the invention remains controversial even today. -
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Gramophone
The phonograph is a device, invented in 1877, for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound. In its later forms, it is also called a gramophone, or, since the 1940s, a record player, or, most recently, a turntable. -
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Tape Recorder
Danish inventor Valdemar Poulsen re-discovers the principle of magnetic recording. -
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Camera
Kodak Brownie makes photography cheaper and simpler. A commercial Camera that came with a film. -
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Comic
Earliest comic dated back in the Platinum Age(1897-1932); Pre-Golden Age(1933-1938); Golden Age(1938-1945); Atom Age(1946-1956); Silver Age(1959-1969); Bronze Age(1970-1979); Modern Age(1980-present) -
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Media and Propaganda
U.S. Military uses posters as the
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Motion Picture Projector
The Acme 35mm motion picture projector was the first mass produced for use in schools. -
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TV Broadcast
Felix the Cat is broadcast by RCA corporation. -
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Overhead Projector
Irving Stapsy joined the Buhl company after WWII, his first product in the new audio-visual line was the overhead projector. -
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Jukebox
The jukebox successfully became integral to a spate of teen entertainment centers opening around the country to keep adolescents off the streets. -
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Records Widely Available
With the invention of the 45 rpm record player in 1949 music became widely available for home use and purchase. -
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UNIVAC
After many years of struggle, they produced the UNIVAC I computer, which was delivered to its first customer (the U.S. Census Bureau) in 1951. -
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Polaroid
First Polaroid/Land Camera invented in 1952. Images developed as you watched the film sheet being printed. -
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Portable Computer
The first portable computer was created in April 1981 by a company called Osborne, led by a journalist turned entrepreneur named Adam Osborne.