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Popular Photographic Print Processes: Chronological listing


Chronological listing

Process Dates in General Use
Daguerreotypes
ca. 1839-ca. 1860
time line 1840-1860
Salted paper prints
ca. 1840-ca. 1860
time line 1840-1860
Calotypes (Talbotypes)
1841-1860
time line 1841-1860
Albumen Prints
1850-1895
time line 1850-1895
Ambrotypes
ca. 1851-1865
time line 1851-1865
Tintypes (Ferrotypes, Melainotypes, Melanographs)
ca. 1856-1930s
time line ca. 1856-1930s
Woodburytypes
1870-1900
time line 1870-1900
Carbon prints
ca. 1870-1900
time line ca. 1870-1900
Platinum and Palladium Prints
1873-ca. 1920
time line 1873-ca. 1920
Cyanotypes
after 1880-1910s
time line after 1880-1910s
Photogravures
ca. 1880-present
time line ca. 1880-present
Gelatin Silver Prints
ca. 1890s-present
time line ca. 1890s - present
Gum Bichromate Prints
1894-1920s
time line 1894-1920

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