Daguerrotype

VIew full lesson: The origins of the cameras we use today were invented in the 19th century. Or were they? A millenia before, Arab scientist Alhazen was using the camera obscura to duplicate images, with Leonardo da Vinci following suit…

The invention of the photograph, in 1839, would forever change the way people looked at the world. But this extraordinary breakthrough cannot be credited to a single individual—while William Henry Fox Talbot labored quietly in England,…

About Patricia Van Skaik: Patricia Van Skaik manages the Genealogy and Local History Collection at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, one of the top ranked collections in the country. Among her adventures preserving…