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Early image taken without a camera, exposed by the sun's rays. Fox Talbot's photogenic drawing process.

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Sierra Sam. The first crash test dummy designed to supersede human cadaver testing.

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The White House kitchen.

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"In the photographic darkroom at home we pass moments of as thrilling interest as any in the field, when the image begins to appear on the plate and it is yet an open question whether we have a picture of a flying machine, or merely a patch of open sky."
WILBUR WRIGHT, 1901