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“Little History of Photography”

Here are some of the photographs that are not shown in Benjamin’s essay despite being mentioned.

Eugène Atget, Maison à Versailles (1921)
Eugène Atget, Maison à Versailles (1921)
Images:
Images: Ads for daguerreotype studios in Cincinnati, OH and Mobile, AL between 1844 and 1851
Image: Kitty Anderson visiting card (1861)
Image: Kitty Anderson visiting card (1861)
Image: Kafka as a boy (1888)
Image: Kafka as a boy (1888)
Image: Eadweard Muybridge, Athlete Walking (1887)
Image: Eadweard Muybridge, Athlete Walking (1887)
Image: Eadweard Muybridge, Miscellaneous Acts of Motion (1887)
Image: Eadweard Muybridge, Miscellaneous Acts of Motion (1887)
Image: Étienne-Jules Marey, Bird Flight, Pelican (1886)
Image: Étienne-Jules Marey, Bird Flight, Pelican (1886)
Image: Example of combination printing by Henry Peach Robinson, When the Day's Work is Done (1877)
Image: Example of combination printing by Henry Peach Robinson, When the Day’s Work is Done (1877)
Image: Robert Boursnell, Couple with the Spirit of an Old Family Doctor who Died Around 1880 (1893)
Image: Robert Boursnell, Couple with the Spirit of an Old Family Doctor who Died Around 1880 (1893)