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The History of Color Photography
While Levi Hill supposedly invented color photography in the 1850s, it was the Lumiere brothers who devised the first commercially viable photographic process (02:49)
Courtesy of: Smithsonian Channel
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A 160-Year-Old Photographic Mystery
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April 2010 |
By Amanda Bensen
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Comments (2)
Wow, I have just read the article about Levi Hill in the April 2010 issue. My Great-great grandparents were Baptists and lived in Westkill, NY. My G-G-Grandfather, Lewis J. Bennett and my G-G-Grandmother, Elizabeth Van Valkenburgh, are buried in the cemetery located at the Baptist Church in Westkill. Lewis was born in 1802 and died in 1892, Elizabeth was born in 1805 and died in 1870. I have pictures of my Great-grandfather and my Great-grandmother that I have guessed might have been taken in about 1860. One picture appears to be on metal and the other on glass. I have no idea if there would be any connection to the Hillotypes, but I would be most interested in looking at any pictures that might have been taken of people in the 1850's.
Posted by Jack Hofmann on April 11,2010 | 08:38 PM
this video is just perfect for my project. may i use some part of this video for my project?
Posted by Fidel Salvador Jr. on March 24,2010 | 08:49 AM