Dedicated to the History of Photography from its origins by French scientist and inventor Nicephore Niepce. Niepce discovered the process known as Heliography.

Contains information and articles on historical photographers and groups.

Information on photography, family photographs and images, and genealogy. Focus is on 19th century photography.

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

Focuses on the role of women in photography. Includes essays on women photographers and an online gallery.

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

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

Articles by Pierre G. Harmant, Paul Marillier, R. Derek Wood, and Jacques Roquencourt on Niépce, Daguerre, and other pioneer photographers.

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

The history of chronophotography and photographers is located here.

History of pinhole photography, including theory and construction details.

Article defines what tintypes and daguerreotypes are, the history of the processes, the sizes they came in, and the years they were popular.

Some notes on the history of photography, mostly concerning the relationship between painting and photography.

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

Comparing the Calotype and the Daguerreotype, the first Welsh photograph, Irish pioneers, and French advances in the art of photography.

Large selection of early images of Argentina and other Latin American countries and information on the photographers active in the region between 1840 and 1920.

Monographs on six professional portrait photographers from the turn-of-the-century.

A worldwide index of the books and websites that list photographers and when they worked.

Consists of on the history of nude photography from 1920 to 1940, emphasizing the roles of the famous master photographers. No images.

Catalogue of vintage photographs made by the Lafayette studio of London, containing images made between 1887 and the 1930s, categorized by subject. Has explanatory articles.

Kodachrome dating guide for vintage slides.

Indexes and links for UK photographers, county by county, for the 19th and early 20th century.

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.

Articles and GIF and Flash animations relating to optical toys, chronophotography (Muybridge, Marey, and others), and pre-cinematography of the 19th century.

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.

Steffens was THE photographer to Chicago's first "Gold Coast" residents...the richest of the rich. Commodore Steffens, as he was known because of his steam yachting and yacht club presidency, was one of Chicago's foremost society photographer from 1872 to the 1910's.

Collection of Bosse's photographs of the Mississippi (1883-1892) with an essay by Michael Conner who rediscovered his photographs in the 1980s.

Covering the artists involved in photomontage in the Berlin Dada movement, 1980s politics, and the present day.

Site dedicated to the Weston Exposure Meter from the earliest days to the Euromaster 3. Includes Photos, information and instruction books, and history of the company and its founder.

Description of the medium plus information on optical systems, components, lanterns types and slide identification.