1847 | North America - USA![]() Thomas Easterly, 1847, 18 June (taken) 1874-1878 (cabinet card), Daguerreotype of a Streak of Lightning taken June 18th 1847 at 9 o'clock P.M. By T.M. Easterly St. Louis Mo., Cabinet card, Missouri Historical Society, | Thomas Easterly makes what may be the first ever photograph of a streak of lightning on a daguerreotype plate. |