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Introduction
1Patents
Examples of photography-related patents
2John Arrowsmith's Diorama, or Method of Exhibiting Pictures - British Patent No. 4899, 10 February 1824
3Patenting of M. Daguerre's Process in England (2 November 1839)
4Patent: To Richard Beard. of Earl-street, Blackfriars, Gent., for improvements in the means of obtaining likenesses
5Frederick Langenheim: Patents for Coloring Daguerreotype Plates
6Harding's Patent Photograph Album
7Patent illustrations
8François Willème: Photosculpture
9Patents for photographic backgrounds and foregrounds
10Photobooth designs

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