12 Key dates in the history of photography: Quick Facts

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A young girl in a cardigan and dress looks down while holding a Kodak Brownie camera, circa 1935, in both hands against a plain background.

How a key principle of photography works

Nicéphore Niépce: View from the Window at Le Gras

Daguerreotype of two women

William Henry Fox Talbot: View of the Boulevards of Paris

The original Eastman Kodak box camera from 1888, with a black rectangular body, leather handle on top, and open film compartment, displayed on a flat surface.

Photograph of Olga Victorovna Dmitrieff

Photograph made with Kodachrome film

The Kyocera Visual Phone VP-210

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