| 1869 | Europe • France | Louis Ducos du Hauron publishes Les Couleurs en Photographie, Solution du Probleme that proposes the subtractive color process. |
| 1870 | North America • USA | Henry R. Heyl of Philadelphia patents the Magic lantern projector. |
| 1871 | North America • USA
| 1st Lt. Geo.M. Wheeler of the War Department Corp. of Engineers leads the Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian with Timothy H. O'Sullivan as the photographer. |
| 1872 | Europe • France | Louis Ducos du Hauron takes the first color photograph showing the town of Angouleme in France. |
| 1872 | North America • USA
| Alexander Gardner photographs a delegation of Sioux Native Americans to Washington DC headed by Red Cloud. (May 1872)
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| 1874 | North America • USA
| Cassius M. Coolidge, noted for paints of dogs playing poker, issued a patent for "Processes of Taking Photographic Pictures" (US Patent No: 149,724). The patents is for the use of comic foregrounds which are the forerunner of the comic boards with holes that people can place their heads through for a candid shot becoming part of life-size caricature. (14 April 1874) |
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