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1900-1934

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Designed by Eastman Kodak's camera designer Frank A. Brownell, the Brownie camera was little more than a simple black rectangular cardboard box covered in imitation leather with nickeled fittings.

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The Brownie camera was very affordable, selling for only $1 each. Plus, for only 15 cents, a Brownie camera owner could buy a six-exposure film cartridge that could be loaded in daylight. For an extra 10 cents a photo plus 40 cents for developing and postage, users could send their film to Kodak for development, eliminating the need to invest in a darkroom and special equipment and materials—much less learn how to use them.

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In New York the Kodak marketed the camera to everybody; they advertised in general interest magazines, not just technical journals.

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In 1908, Curt Teich Co. introduced postcards to their portfolio, and over the next few decades became the world's largest printer of view and advertising postcards.

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Curt Teich an American of German descent, started his publishing company in Chicago  focused on newspaper and magazine printing prior to introducing postcards.

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Curt Teich & Co., est. 1898 - Made-in-Chicago Museum

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Curt Teich was an early pioneer of the offset printing process, and the first to understand the advantages of using lightly embossed paper to speed up the drying of ink, allowing the finished product to retain brighter colors. Because of their texture resembling linen, these embossed postcards became known as linen cards.

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This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1927 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed . For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart and the copyright renewal logs.

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He is best known for the Greetings From postcards with large letters, having successfully adapted the idea of the earlier Gruss Aus cards to the US audience.

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Pictorialists work was created like how a painting is created. They put a lot of emotions into the image for the viewer to be able to connect to it.

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Alfred Stieglitz and Early Pictorialism 1900s

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Alfred Stieglitz and Early Pictorialism 1900s

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Alfred was born on January 1st, 1864 in New Jersey. He wanted to be able to show people that photography is a form of expression within images. He died on July 13th 1946.

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This photo was captured in black and white by Stieglitz in New York. It was taken on Fifth Avenue and 35th street.

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The realities of the 1900s were captured in images such as the beauty and the ugly of the world. This was to show improvement throughout time and see how photography started in America.

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Edward was an amazing American photographer. His most popular work was a silent film based on Indians who lived on the Seattle waterfront.

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The North American Indians (silent film by Edward Curtis) 1930

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The North American Indians (silent film by Edward Curtis) 1930

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Edward started a silent film on some Indians he photographed by a waterfront. The film was completed in 1930 and had about 20 volumes and 300 pages of text.

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Magazines were one of the first newspaper like objects that had pictures in them. The photos would represent the text that was on the same page.

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The first picture magazine was by The Illustrated London News. It was founded by Herbert Ingram and published a new issue weekly from 1842 until 1971.

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The first photo that was published in a newspaper was by the Daily Graphic in March of 1880. 1919 was the year newspaper started to use photographs more often.

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1906 was a time of a lot of acts of the social legislation that was passed by the Liberals. Some of the reforms were captured and published for the public's eyes, such as child labor and health reforms.

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Born September 26th 1874, Lewis was an American photographer. He worked for the NCLC and worked on photographing the child labor work environments. He died November 3 1940.

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Hines' work on child labor was his most popular. He captured the working conditions and the abuse the children had to go through.

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Picture postcards gained popularity very fast since they were a way for people to communicate with each other over long distances.

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The first picture postcards appeared in the 1890's, gaining attention over the years. It was easy to do using Kodak's folding pocket camera which made putting photos on postcards less difficult.

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Heinrich came up with the picture postcard in 1865. The idea never took off until 1869.

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Straight Photographs are photos that have not been manipulated in anyway. Modernism in photography is the experimentation with light and abstraction.

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Paul was born October 16th 1890 in New York City. He was a modern and straight photographer. He died March 31, 1976.

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Strand took this photo during rush hour in New York. It is one of his most known photos. He described it as "abstract and controlled".

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Propaganda was used in cartoons to persuade viewers. Mainly used from a political standpoint.

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Nobody knew what war actually looked like until photography became a thing. Photographers would capture images of battlefields and go back to their town to show everyone.

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Roger was born March 28th 1819. He was one of the first was photographers. He photographed the war in hope of getting support of the war. He died August 8th 1869.

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Celebrities are some of the most popular people in the world. They have huge amounts of people that support them. Photographers could use pictures of some popular people to get more people on their side based on what they were saying.

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George was born June 1st 1904 in Cincinnati Ohio. He started photography in school. A man named Edgar Alwyn Payne liked his work and asked him to work in Laguna Beach. He died May 19th 1992.

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Vogue is one of the most popular sources for celebrity photography. It showcased celebrities in clothing and some of the best photographers were hired to work under Vogue.

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Time and motion studies were the documentation of the aspects of somethings like a job or step by step process.

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Frank was born July 7th 1868. He used time and motion studies to study work habits of industrial workers. He died June 14th 1924.

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The films Frank GIlbreth made were footage of his time studying time and motion. Some clips of his family were used.

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A wirephoto is a image that is transferred by telegraph to a news source. The belinograph that was used for early wirephotos was made by Edouard Belin in 1913.

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Wirephotos got the attention of the Associated Press. AP was known for making news reports of big events. It was founded in 1846.

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The first wirephoto transferred by AP was a image of an airplane crash in New York.

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The Hindenburg was that biggest German airship. It had it's first launch in March of 1936. It had flights from Germany to the US.

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On May 6th of 1937 the Hindenburg erupted in flames. 36 people were killed. The use of hydrogen gas ignited the fire caused by electricity. Murry Becker took 15 photos of the incident.

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The most popular press camera. Made in 1912. Some of the photographers who got images of the Hindenburg explosion used this camera.

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Weegee was a photographer that documented mob crimes in Manhattan.

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Weegee held an exhibit in a museum to show off his work in 1943. Weegee also had a few books that made him successful.

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Weegee moved to Hollywood and produced films and photos for a series called Distortions.

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Life Magazine started in 1936 and became one of the most popular magazines ever. It was made to show the public news through photographs.

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Henry was born on April 3, 1898. He was a magazine publisher and was the reason Time Magazine was flourishing. He died February 28, 1967.

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The photographic essay came about in a issue of Life Magazine in 1936. Made by Kurt Koff and Henry Luce, the photographic essay is essentially an essay of photos that tell a story.

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The FSA(Farm Security Administration) was formed in 1935. The FSA hired photographers to document what farmers faced after the Great Depression.

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The Great Depression was the longest economic disaster in US history. It began in 1929 when the stock market crashed and made many businesses shut down. Millions were jobless.

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Lange was a photographer who documented the Great Depression. She is known for her photo series called Migrant Mother.

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Political actions skyrocketed during the Great Depression. A lot of photographers turned into activists and joined a social documentary act in the US.

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World War II involved some of the worlds biggest countries mainly the Great Powers. Countries broke up into 2 groups called Allies and the Axis.

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Fashion Photography is mainly used fashion magazines like Vogue. This form of photography is used to display fashion to the public.

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Richard was born May 15th 1923 in New York. He was a fashion photographer that worked for Vogue. He died October 1 2004.

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His most popular work were pictures like this boy holding a snack in 1979.

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Street Photography is a documentation of the world. The prime time for this was when Winogrand, Arbus and Friedlander added some of their characteristics to images.

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Robert was born November 9th 1924 and was a Swiss photographer and filmmaker. His most popular work was a book called The Americans. He died September 9 2019.

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The Americans is a photo book made by Robert Frank. Published in 1959, the book had amazing photos in a specific order.

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The Black Press, made in 1827, was made to help build communities among free black men and women in the US.

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In 1954, 2 white men killed a black boy named Emmett Till. His death allowed his generation to take part in a Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

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The Civil Rights Movement stopped the segregation in public places in the South and gave African Americans more rights.