The World's Oldest Photos and Videos

We've come a long way since the world's first selfie and the world's first photograph.

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All photographs and video used in this video presentation are in the public domain with the following exceptions ...

The thumbnail is an image from Shutterstock and is used under licence. Copyright/image credit Shutterstock/3Dalia

The photograph at the site of Robert Cornelius’ studio is copyright/image credit Nick-philly and is used under creative commons licence CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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The map of Massachusetts Bay is copyright/image credit Kmusser and is used under creative commons licence CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
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The photograph of the Statue of Liberty is copyright/image credit Mcj1800
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The contemporary photograph of the Eiffel Tower is copyright/image credit Benh LIEU SONG and is used under creative commons licence CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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The contemporary photograph of Tower Bridge is copyright/image credit Victor Gleim and is used under creative commons licence CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
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Photograph of the Eniac Computer.
Two pieces of ENIAC currently on display in the Moore School of Engineering and Applied Science, in room 100 of the Moore building.ENIAC Penn1.jpg
Copyright 2005 Paul W Shaffer, University of Pennsylvania.
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Photograph of Michael Faraday. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.
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Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-31)
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Image of the Daguerrotype process
The image shows a simplification of the daguerreotype development process.
Copyright Susanna Celeste Castelli
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Scanned photograph of John Whitley
Scan d'une photo de John Whitley (1843-1922)
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Photograph of Victorian Zoetrope is Copyright/Image credit Andrew Dunn
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