Technology Developments in Visual Communications in the 1800s

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Technology Developments in Visual Communications
in the 1800s

• By Janet Bowman
• Prepared for ED 195

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Changes in Technology

• New inventions in the 1800s
• Photography
• Stereoscopes
• Kinetoscopes

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Changes in Visual Communications

• In 1800s, developments in photography caused
• Decrease in time needed for photographs.
• Decrease in cost of pictures.
• Increase in popularity.

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• Everyone wanted their picture recorded.

Photo of Man with Cat in 1840
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Photography became an occupation.
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This photo was made in Charleston.
Can you guess their occupation?
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People were proud of their occupations. Here is
a blacksmith in 1850.
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Here is an unidentified peddler in 1840.
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Families came to studios for pictures.
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Famous people had their pictures recorded, too.

• Who is this famous person?

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Here he is againolderand his wife.
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People started taking pictures of places.
Recognize these famous places?
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Here is a picture of Edisto Island, South
Carolina, in 1862.
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• In the mid 1800s, stereoscopic pictures became
  popular.

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These give a visual 3D effect.
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Here is a Native American stereograph in 1864.
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Here is a stereograph of President Lincoln in
1861.
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The Kinetoscope made pictures move.
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Here are a few slides of an early movie.
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• How would your life be different today without a
  camera, photographs, and moving pictures?

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Credits

• Images taken from the Library of Congress and the
  American Memory Collection.