Cornell University Library Curational comment from "Dawn's Early Light: The First 50 Years of American Photography", October 20, 2011 - May 4, 2012, Hirshland Exhibition Gallery in Carl A. Kroch Library, Cornell University
In 1888, botanist and horticulturalist Liberty Hyde Bailey assumed the chair of Practical and Experimental Horticulture at Cornell University. The simple and inexpensive cyanotype process became popular with amateurs and scientists between about 1880 and 1910.
