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| 1865 | North America - USA Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries (New York & Washington DC), 1865, Funeral car of the late beloved President Lincoln (Manuscript title on verso) [Detail], Carte de visite, Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics, | President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in the Ford Theater in Washington by John Wilkes Booth. | 1874 | North America - USA C.M. Coolidge, 1874, 14 April (patent issued), US patent No. 149,724, C.M. Coolidge, Processes of Taking Photographic Pictures, Patent, Source requested, | Cassius M. Coolidge, noted for paints of dogs playing poker, issued a patent for "Processes of Taking Photographic Pictures" (US Patent No: 149,724). The patents is for the use of comic foregrounds which are the forerunner of the comic boards with holes that people can place their heads through for a candid shot becoming part of life-size caricature. |