OLDEST PHOTOGRAPH America's earliest surviving photograph was made here about Sept. 25, 1839. Using a cigar box and crude lens, Joseph Saxton of the Mint created an image of Central High School (now demolished) shortly after Daguerre had announced his process in France. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1989

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OLDEST PHOTOGRAPH America's earliest surviving photograph was made here about Sept. 25, 1839. Using a cigar box and crude lens, Joseph Saxton of the Mint created an image of Central High School (now demolished) shortly after Daguerre had announced his process in France. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1989

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Photo credit: © Jason O. Watson / historical-markers.org / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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