Hand-picked
Photo History, Antique Camera, & Conservation Links
| Antique
& 19th Century Cameras, Rob Niederman
A superb variety of rarely seen wood cameras, |
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Film
for Classics, Dick Haviland The only commercial link in this list; Film for Classics is a source for fresh Kodak film spooled for use in many old cameras. Dick is a former Kodak employee living just south of Rochester, NY. Use grandpa's box camera! |
| Cameras:
The Technology of Photographic Imaging
An online exhibit from the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK. Nice items and good information. |
The
KodakGirl Collection, Martha Cooper
Dedicated to unrecognized and anonymous women photographers worldwide, past, present and future. |
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| A
History of Photography from its beginnings till the 1920s, Dr. Robert
Leggat MA M.Ed FRPS FRSA
Anyone with that many letters after his name has got to know what he's talking about. A thorough [all-text] site. |
California
Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside The largest collection of cameras and images on the U.S. West Coast. A nice site with changing exhibits. |
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| CoOl,
Conservation OnLine, Resources for Conservation Professionals, Stanford
University
A full text library of information, covering the conservation of library, archive, and museum materials |
International
Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, USA. The most comprehensive collection of images and technology on the globe. Make your pilgrimage soon! |
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| Antique
American Field Cameras, Larry Pierce
A database of American wood and brass wet-plate and dry-plate field view cameras from 1870-1930. |
Classic
Camera Reference, Tigin
Something for everyone at this European photo site: cameras, ads, humor, links, history, images, and more! |
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| The
American Museum of Photography
A Museum Without Walls...For An Art Without Boundaries. Frequently changed early image exhibitions. |
Craig's
Daguerreian Registry, John Craig
The acknowledged resource on
U.S. photographers
1839-1860. Date your old photos by who made them. |
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| Mathew
Brady's Portraits from the Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery A fantastic collection of Brady's works, plus technical and background information, and much more. |
Nicéphore
Niépce, Museum of Photography
It's a little tough to navigate this site devoted to photographic history, but what you'll find is worth the struggle. Many, many images and solid history of the pioneers of photography. |
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| Walker
Mangum's Kodak Collection
Nice to see this site up and running again - an amazing storehouse of Kodak cameras, ephemera, accessories, and advertising. |
Photographica.nu
Ake Borgstrom's
attractive collection of antique wooden cameras - |
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