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American Museum of Photography, The - features online exhibits from the history of photography from daguerreotypes to Ansel Adams and includes information on early photo processes.
History of Photography - by Dr. Robert Leggat; hypertext history of photography from earliest times to the 1920s.
American Photography: A Century of Images - companion site to the PBS series capturing the images of a century of change and the role the camera has played both in creating and documenting it.
Albumen - [read review] - a look at the history, science, and preservation of albumen printing of the 19th century.
Chronophotographical Projections - [read review] - examines the photographic method of taking a set of photographs of a moving object at regular intervals.
Get The Picture: Thinking About Photographs - featuring the work and commentary of photographers who are in the permanent collection of the Minneapolis Institute of the Arts.
BoxCameras.com - antique cameras, accesssories, ads, and ephemera.
Victorian Magic Lanterns - offers information about this device which consists of a light source, an image painted on glass, and a system of lenses to focus the image onto a screen.
Midley History of Photography - essays by R. Derek Wood on the history of early photography, the daguerreotype, and diorama. Includes bibliography.
Civil War Photography Center - devoted to the history and presentation of original Civil War photography and methods including ambrotypes, ferrotypes, and stereographs.