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1847North America • USA 
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Thomas Easterly
Daguerreotype of a Streak of Lightning taken June 18th 1847 at 9 o'clock P.M. By T.M. Easterly St. Louis Mo. 
1847, 18 June (taken) 1874-1878 (cabinet card)
Thomas Easterly makes what may be the first ever photograph of a streak of lightning on a daguerreotype plate. (18 June 1847)
1849Middle East 
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Maxime Du Camp
Kalabscheh. Ptolémée Caesarion 
[Egypte, Nubie, Palestine et Syrie, pl. 91] 
1850
Maxime Du Camp (1822–1894) sets out on an official mission to photograph the sites and monuments of Egypt, Palestine and Syria.
1849Europe • Great Britain 
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Maull & Polyblank
Scottish Physicist, Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), inventor of the refracting stereoscope and the Kaleidoscope. He is also credited with inventing the first twin lens stereoscopic camera. 
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Sir David Brewster develops the lenticular stereoscope.

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