Snapshots From History V7 | A Photographic Journey Into The Past Video

Hello guys and welcome to another episode with Snapshots from History, taking us on a photographic journey into the past. Not long after the invention of the daguerreotype, Dr. John Draper made additional improvements on the device's photographic process. He saw its usefulness for portraits and made history by taking the first photograph of a woman. The woman was his sister, Dorothy Draper, and the photograph was taken in 1839, in Draper's studio at the New York University. Without blinking, Dorothy sat motionless for a whole 65 seconds to take this historic photo. Here is the colorized version. If you found that interesting, stay with us as we move on with some more snapshots from history.