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![[Man using a motion picture camera on a tripod, possibly a Debrie or Parvo "L" camera]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbWFuLXVzaW5nLWEtbW90aW9uLXBpY3R1cmUtY2FtZXJhLW9uLWEtdHJpcG9kLXBvc3NpYmx5LWEtZGVicmllLW9yLXBhcnZvLWwtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/390/jpg "[Man using a motion picture camera on a tripod, possibly a Debrie or Parvo \"L\" camera]")
![[Frances Benjamin Johnston with camera on balcony of State, War and Navy Building (now the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building), Washington, D.C., 1888]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMzAvZnJhbmNlcy1iZW5qYW1pbi1qb2huc3Rvbi13aXRoLWNhbWVyYS1vbi1iYWxjb255LW9mLXN0YXRlLXdhci1hbmQtbmF2eS1idWlsZGluZy05MjZhMWEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Frances Benjamin Johnston with camera on balcony of State, War and Navy Building (now the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building), Washington, D.C., 1888]")
![[Man in irrigated orchard, probably Pontiac, Ill.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvbWFuLWluLWlycmlnYXRlZC1vcmNoYXJkLXByb2JhYmx5LXBvbnRpYWMtaWxsLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Man in irrigated orchard, probably Pontiac, Ill.]")
![[Skiers, one with camera, among Cedars of Lebanon in snow]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDYvMDEvMDEvc2tpZXJzLW9uZS13aXRoLWNhbWVyYS1hbW9uZy1jZWRhcnMtb2YtbGViYW5vbi1pbi1zbm93LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[Skiers, one with camera, among Cedars of Lebanon in snow]")
![[Group portrait of three men, one smoking a nargile; possibly irregular cavalrymen (bashi-bazouks or başıbozuks)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvZ3JvdXAtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtdGhyZWUtbWVuLW9uZS1zbW9raW5nLWEtbmFyZ2lsZS1wb3NzaWJseS1pcnJlZ3VsYXItY2F2YWxyeW1lbi1mZWU0YTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Group portrait of three men, one smoking a nargile; possibly irregular cavalrymen (bashi-bazouks or başıbozuks)]")
![[Photographer with camera suspended from hook of a (crane?) high in the air]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvcGhvdG9ncmFwaGVyLXdpdGgtY2FtZXJhLXN1c3BlbmRlZC1mcm9tLWhvb2stb2YtYS1jcmFuZS1oaWdoLWluLXRoZS1haXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Photographer with camera suspended from hook of a (crane?) high in the air]")
![[Sculpture of boy with birds slung over his shoulder and dog]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTIvMDEvMDEvc2N1bHB0dXJlLW9mLWJveS13aXRoLWJpcmRzLXNsdW5nLW92ZXItaGlzLXNob3VsZGVyLWFuZC1kb2ctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Sculpture of boy with birds slung over his shoulder and dog]")
