Topic:

The History of Photography

(The images you see on this page are digital photographs taken of actual
artifacts and objects which belong to the University Museum)


This Kodak Target Six-20 Box Camera used size 620 film which measured 2 1/2 x 3 1/4" The original price of this camera was $5.00-10.00. It was manufactured sometime between 1942-1956.

Internet Resources:

Here are some links which will get you started in your quest for knowledge. The Internet is growing at an astounding rate. This list does not include every Website on the history of photography, only the best of the sites that we visited!

Dr. Robert Leggat's A History of Photography Web page at:
http://www.kbnet.co.uk/
rleggat/photo


Bob Gilbreath's Old Camera Photos Web page at:
http://www.flash.net/
~bobgil/cam/camera.html


Daguerreotypes Home Page at:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/
ammem/daghtml/daghome.html


Brownie Camera Page at:
http://members.aol.com/
Chuck02178/brownie.htm


Nikon Historical Society Website at:
http://www.nikonhs.org

George Eastman House Internation Museum of Photography and Film
http://www.eastman.org

The American Museum of Photography
http://www.photographymuseum.com

Canon Camera Museum
http://www.canon.co.jp/camera-museum

Museum Loan Kit:

A kit is not available for the topic of the history of photography.

Kits can be checked out by Illinois School Teachers free of charge. For a complete list of kit topics please visit:
educational loan kits

For more information please contact Bob DeHoet at (618) 453-5388 or email him at: drhoet@siu.edu

Printed Resources:

The Museum Explorers Library contains books on photography. Please visit the bibliography by following this link:
http://www.museum.siu.edu/
Museum/Museum_Explorers/bookbibart.html

Books in this special library can be checked out by Museum Explorer teachers free of charge. Please see our Museum Explorers Library Web page.

The following is a list of printed materials about photography which may be available through your library:

Sandler, Martin W. The Story of American Photography. Publisher: Little, Brown, and Co.

Time Life Books. (1970). The Camera. Publisher- Time Life Books

Previous Explorer Projects:

This is a list of Museum Explorer Projects completed by teachers and students in the past three years.

No previous school projects have been completed on the history of photography

To view other school pages please visit our Museum Explorers School Pages.

A Petri 7 Green-o-matic camera. Manufactured in Japan. The date it was manufactured is unknown.

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