History Websites

A non-profit association that collaborates with Elysée Foundation in Lausanne to promote photography in the Middle East and the North Africa by locating, collecting and preserving the photographic heritage of that region.

Has a photographic history museum; also stereoviews of the first transcontinental railroad.

Virtual museum of images from photography, including portraits, architecture, cultural and historical monuments.

History of pinhole photography, including theory and construction details.

All about Czech and Slovak photography, history, theory, reviews, profiles.

Many facets of the camera obscura (dark room); the origin of the photographic camera, its place in art, culture and education,vintage instruments,images, photographs, and working camera obscuras are included.

History of visual Media, photography pre-cinema prestidigitation danse macabre optical illusions.

The Cuarterolo archive is an image bank focused on 19th century Argentine and Latin American photography that houses over 5000 historic photographs.

Presents essays by R. Derek Wood on the history of early photography, the daguerreotype and diorama.

Covers daguerreotypes to modernism. Research center features a guide early photo processes, book reviews and information on preserving/protecting valuable photographs.

A detailed timeline of photography from ancient times to the present.

Famous photographs, and master photographers, that have achieved iconic status as defining moments in history.

A discussion of dating a photograph, daguerreotype, tintype, CDV, or Cabinet photo. Photographic technique has always had changes that reflect the latest in scientific innovation. Culture, whether in hairstyles, clothing or settings, can specifically indicate a date an image was taken.

Presents the art and science of albumen printing, contemporary research, conservation and treatment of images.