Photography History in the Yahoo! Directory

American Museum of Photography, The
Features online exhibits from the history of photography from daguerreotypes to Ansel Adams and includes information on early photo processes.
www.photographymuseum.com
Eastman, George (1854-1932) (7)
Read about George Eastman, the innovator and entrepreneur, who invented the roll of film and revolutionized the photography industry by making it accessible to the masses. Sites include biography, history of the invention, patents, legacy, facts, and career highlights of founder of Eastman Kodak Company.
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Eastman__George__1854_1932_
Albumen [read review]
A look at the history, science, and preservation of albumen printing of the 19th century.
albumen.stanford.edu
BoxCameras.com
Antique cameras, accesssories, ads, and ephemera.
www.boxcameras.com
Cuarterolo's Collection
Selection of images of Argentina and other Latin American countries, and information on the photographers active in the region between 1840 and 1920.
www.geocities.com/alloni1/home
Niepce, Joseph Nicéphore (1765-1833)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Masters/Niepce__Joseph_Nicephore__1765_1833_
Civil War Photography Center
Devoted to the history and presentation of original Civil War photography and methods including ambrotypes, ferrotypes, and stereographs.
www.civilwarphotography.com
PhotoHistory
Chronological history of photography in Japan.
photojpn.org/HIST/hist1.html
Get The Picture: Thinking About Photographs
Featuring the work and commentary of photographers who are in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts.
www.artsmia.org/get-the-picture
History of Photography
By Dr. Robert Leggat; hypertext history of photography from earliest times to the 1920s.
www.rleggat.com/photohistory
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé (1787-1851) (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../History/Daguerre__Louis_Jacques_Mande__1787_1851_
American Photography: A Century of Images
Companion site to the PBS series capturing the images of a century of change and the role the camera has played both in creating and documenting it.
www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography
HowStuffWorks: How Photographic Film Works
Covers the basic science involved when still and moving pictures are captured on photographic film.
science.howstuffworks.com/film.htm
Luminous-Lint
Examines the history of photography and the major themes of photography. Includes timelines, list of photographers, techniques, book reviews, as well as resources and tools.
www.luminous-lint.com
Land, Edwin Herbert (1909-1991)
American physicist and inventor of the Polaroid Land Camera in 1947.
www.ideafinder.com/history/inventors/land.htm
Reconstructing Prokudin-Gorskii's Color Photography
Each image was photographed three times in black and white, once each with a red, green, and blue filter, then projected in unison to create a color image.
lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/prokhtml/prokcompos.html
KODAK e-Magazine: The Kodak Colorama
Described as "the world's largest photograph," this showcases the 18 x 60 foot projected images that graced the east balcony of New York's Grand Central Station for 40 years.
www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/coloramas/colorama.html
D.A. Woodward, Photographic Educator and Inventor
Article about the 19th-century inventor of the solar enlarging camera.
www.brightbytes.com/woodward.html
Women in Photography International Archive
Two historical essay-galleries by Peter Palmquist on California photographers and women who photographed Native American Indians.
www.sla.purdue.edu/WAAW/Palmquist/index.htm
Photo Booths [read review]
Provides a directory of photo booths and a visual history of photo booths in cinema.
www.doubleperf.com/photobooth