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Background Resources - Electronic

History of Photography - Timeline (PBS)
A timeline of photography (1826-1992).

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Langdon Coburn

'Woman on a Red Hammock' c 1908.
Portrait of Elsie Toodles Thomas wearing a red Chinese robe and seated on a red hammock. Photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn.
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Science and Society Museum/ Universal Images Group
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