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Women in Photography Archive
Focuses on the role of women in photography. Includes essays on women photographers and an online gallery.
http://www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Palmquist/i...
Cuarterolo Archive
The Cuarterolo archive is an image bank focused on 19th century Argentine and Latin American photography that houses over 5000 historic photographs.
http://archivocuarterolo.8m.com
Finding Photographers
A worldwide index of the books and websites that list photographers and when they worked.
http://www.findingphotographers.com/
Latin American Photography 1840-1920. M & M Cuarterolo's Collection
Large selection of early images of Argentina and other Latin American countries and information on the photographers active in the region between 1840 and 1920.
http://www.geocities.com/alloni1/home
Pinhole Photography
History of pinhole photography, including theory and construction details.
http://www.photo.net/photo/pinhole/pinhole
Cut & Paste - A History Of Photomontage
Covering the artists involved in photomontage in the Berlin Dada movement, 1980s politics, and the present day.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/davepalmer/cu...
Tintypes and Daguerreotypes
Article defines what tintypes and daguerreotypes are, the history of the processes, the sizes they came in, and the years they were popular.
http://www.maine.com/photos/tintypes.htm
Early Visual Media
History of visual Media, photography pre-cinema prestidigitation danse macabre optical illusions.
http://www.visual-media.be/
Photography in the 1840s - About Photography
Comparing the Calotype and the Daguerreotype, the first Welsh photograph, Irish pioneers, and French advances in the art of photography.
http://www.photography.about.com/library/w...
American Museum of Photography
View images from the history of photography. Features Americana, Civil War, Wild West, portraits, scenes, photojournalism, plus information on preserving photos.
http://www.photography-museum.com/
Index of UK photographers up to c1950
Indexes and links for UK photographers, county by county, for the 19th and early 20th century.
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~rodliffe/
The Weston Exposure Meter Site
Site dedicated to the Weston Exposure Meter from the earliest days to the Euromaster 3. Includes Photos, information and instruction books, and history of the company and its founder.
http://www.diaxa.com/weston/
About Photography: Nudes 1920-1940
Consists of on the history of nude photography from 1920 to 1940, emphasizing the roles of the famous master photographers. No images.
http://www.photography.about.com/library/w...
A History of Photography
Contains an extensive history, from earliest times to the 1920s. Includes biographical information on all significant photographers.
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/
Magic Lanterns
Description of the medium plus information on optical systems, components, lanterns types and slide identification.
http://www.magiclantern14.btinternet.co.uk...
Photica Project
Contains information and articles on historical photographers and groups.
http://www.cwriley.com/photica/index.htm
Central Pacific Railroad
Has a photographic history museum; also stereoviews of the first transcontinental railroad.
http://cprr.org/
History of Photography Timeline
Highlights major developments in timeline format.
http://www.photo.net/history/timeline
Photographer Nicephore Niepce
Dedicated to the History of Photography from its origins by French scientist and inventor Nicephore Niepce. Niepce discovered the process known as Heliography.
http://www.niepce.com/home-us.html
Georgian Museum of Photography
Virtual museum of images from photography, including portraits, architecture, cultural and historical monuments.
http://www.photomuseum.org.ge
Historic Photo Archive
Kodachrome dating guide for vintage slides.
http://www.historicphotoarchive.com/f2/kod...
Bosse, Henry Peter: Photographs of the Mississippi River
Collection of Bosse's photographs of the Mississippi (1883-1892) with an essay by Michael Conner who rediscovered his photographs in the 1980s.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/bosse_...
The Magic Mirror of Life: An Appreciation of the Camera Obscura
Many facets of the camera obscura (dark room); the origin of the photographic camera, its place in art, culture and education,vintage instruments,images, photographs, and working camera obscuras are included.
http://brightbytes.com/cosite/cohome.html
Lafayette Negative Archive
Catalogue of vintage photographs made by the Lafayette studio of London, containing images made between 1887 and the 1930s, categorized by subject. Has explanatory articles.
http://lafayette.150m.com/
City-Gallery.com
Information on photography, family photographs and images, and genealogy. Focus is on 19th century photography.
http://www.city-gallery.com/
Midley History of Photography
Presents essays by R. Derek Wood on the history of early photography, the daguerreotype and diorama.
http://www.midleykent.fsnet.co.uk
Photo Revue
All about Czech and Slovak photography, history, theory, reviews, profiles.
http://www.photorevue.com
Albumen Photographs
Presents the art and science of albumen printing, contemporary research, conservation and treatment of images.
http://albumen.stanford.edu/
Mathew J. Steffens
Steffens was THE photographer to Chicago's first "Gold Coast" residents...the richest of the rich. Commodore Steffens, as he was known because of his steam yachting and yacht club presidency, was one of Chicago's foremost society photographer from 1872 to the 1910's.
http://members.aol.com/tyanult/steffens1.h...
The Big Six Portrait Photographers
Monographs on six professional portrait photographers from the turn-of-the-century.
http://hometown.aol.com/yanult/baroque.htm...
Painting and Photography
Some notes on the history of photography, mostly concerning the relationship between painting and photography.
http://art-photography.netfirms.com
Collodions and Clopinettes
Articles by Pierre G. Harmant, Paul Marillier, R. Derek Wood, and Jacques Roquencourt on Niépce, Daguerre, and other pioneer photographers.
http://www.marillier.nom.fr/collodions/ind...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum's Department of Photographs surveys the history of photography from its invention in the 1830s to the present. The collection is largely European and American, with some representation of other parts of the world, particularly Japan. Information page with examples in roughly chronological order.
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/depar...
Arab Foundation for Images
A non-profit association located in Lebanon, aiming to promote photography in the Middle East and the North Africa by locating, collecting and preserving the photographic heritage of that region. Includes a profile, exhibitions, publications and films.
http://www.fai.org.lb/
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