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Photography’s true power was realized when it merged with mass media. This theme examines the transition from wood-engraved interpretations of photos to the halftone revolution, which allowed newspapers and magazines to bring the "real" world into millions of homes.

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Watch the News — Witness the birth of photojournalism and mass media.

Contents

Introduction
1Karl Baedeker's Handbooks for Travellers
2Marketing: In the popular press
3Marketing: Chase's Daguerreotype Rooms, Boston (1846)
4Marketing: John A. Whipple, 96 Washington St., Boston (1848)
5Marketing: J.V.R. Schuyler, Ithaca, NY (1853)
6Marketing: Root's Daguerrean Gallery (1853)

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