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The "black box" that revolutionized human history. Trace the mechanical evolution of the camera—from the heavy daguerreotype chests and folding bellows of the 1850s to the sleek SLRs and rangefinders that captured the 20th century’s most iconic and decisive moments.

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Contents

Introduction
1Historical changes in the size of cameras
2Camera: A History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital
Types of cameras
3Daguerreotype cameras
4Stereoscopic cameras
5Tintype cameras
6Cartes de visite cameras
7American Civil War (1861-1865): Cameras
8Mathew Brady: Camera
9Props, accessories and novelties: Cameras
10Detective and vest cameras
11Snapshot cameras
12The Kodak Camera
13Early Kodak camera formats
14Camera developments and street photography
15Camera transit made by Fairchild (ca. 1946)
16Camera phones
17iPhone applications
Photographers
18George R. Lawrence: The Largest Photograph in the World of the Handsomest Train in the World (ca 1900)

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