/r/earlyphotography
This is the place to share early photography and marvel at the capture of years gone by. How far back do we have pictures of? How clear and realistic are they? Come see!
WANTED: Pre-1940 color photos.
This is the place to share early photography and marvel at the capture of years gone by. All types of photography are allowed: daguerreotypes, glass plates, etc. Video is also acceptable.
There is no hard limit on what is considered "early", but the earlier the better.
WANTED: Pre-1940 color photos and videos.
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/r/earlyphotography
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Is this image reversed?
This picture is im guessing 1856ish He was born in 1831 an I think he was 25 when it was taken. I'm wondering if it was a reverse image? Thanks
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Joe Bedrosian playing his zurna while being photographed by WPA photographer (1939)
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Does anyone know the name of this kind of portraiture? I suspect it’s a light photograph that was heavily retouched
It’s of my great-great grandparents. Size is about 30” x 20”. On another subreddit a commenter said it was possibly traced using a camera obscura then later painted in. I’ve seen these before but I wanted to know the name of the technique
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Need help dating photo
This family photo came up over Christmas conversation and I said Reddit may be able to help with a rough guesstimate of when it may have been taken.
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Curious as to the date of this photograph
We found this tintype photo in a box at my husband’s uncles house. To get a good copy, I put it on a glass table so light could flow through it. Would anyone have an educated guess as to the date?
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World's oldest and most expensive camera was a A Giroux “Daguerreotype” – the world’s first commercially-produced camera –The previously undocumented camera has been in private ownership in northern Germany for generations and is in remarkable condition given it is 170+ years old.
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My camera for sale 1892.
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1892 Blair Camera, American Camera Company. 4x5 roll film. One of the first roll film cameras ever made. Company and Patents bought by Kodak. The film compartment raises up to view through the lens, and a secondary targeting viewer in front.
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Anybody know what type of camera this is ? A Friend found it.
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The oldest known surviving photograph taken in Australia. Dr William Bland ca. 1845
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Passenger Pigeon Manifesto
I would like to share news about a publication that just came out and is very relevant to open access to historical photographs:
"Signed by a large number of professionals, the Passenger Pigeon Manifesto is a call to public galleries, libraries, archives, and museums to liberate cultural heritage that has already been digitised."
The Manifesto: http://ppmanifesto.hcommons.org It was published by multiple platforms online and will appear in print publications too.
Please do share it with others and consider acting on the call. Twitter posts for sharing are available here: https://twitter.com/adamhrngzo/status/1305522265803505665, https://twitter.com/Europeanaeu/status/1305872588103725056
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William Henry Fox Talbot, A Barouche Parked in the North Courtyard of Lacock Abbey, April 1844 (salted paper print from a calotype negative, at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Art in 2018)
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Pershing Square, Los Angeles. 1918
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First portrait of a woman, by Dr. John Draper, 1839
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