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  • First Photograph On A Camera on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#1) First Photograph On A Camera

    View from the Window at Le Gras, 1826, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France

  • First Reliably Dated Daguerreotype on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#2) First Reliably Dated Daguerreotype

    L’Atelier de l'artiste, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, 1837

  • First Photograph With A Human In It on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#3) First Photograph With A Human In It

    Boulevard du Temple, 1838, Paris, France 

  • First Self-Portrait Photograph on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#4) First Self-Portrait Photograph

    "Robert Cornelius, head-and-shoulders [self-]portrait, facing front, with arms crossed," 1839, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

  • Oldest Surviving Photograph Of A Woman on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#5) Oldest Surviving Photograph Of A Woman

    Dorothy Catherine Draper, John William Draper, 1839-1840

  • First Photograph Of The Moon on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#6) First Photograph Of The Moon

    1840, rooftop observatory at NYU, New York, US 

  • First Hoax Photograph on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#7) First Hoax Photograph

    Self Portrait as a Drowned Man, 1840, France 

  • Oldest Photograph Of A US President on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#8) Oldest Photograph Of A US President

    Photograph of President John Quincy Adams, 1843, United States 

  • Oldest Photograph Of People Drinking on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#9) Oldest Photograph Of People Drinking

    Edinburgh Ale, 1844, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • First Photograph Of The Sun on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#10) First Photograph Of The Sun

    Image of the Sun, 1845, Paris, France 

  • Oldest Photograph Of New York City on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#11) Oldest Photograph Of New York City

    1848, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, US 

  • Oldest Known Picture Of A Native American Village on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#12) Oldest Known Picture Of A Native American Village

    View of a Cheyenne village at Big Timbers, Mathew B. Brady, 1853-1860

  • Oldest Aerial Photograph on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#13) Oldest Aerial Photograph

    Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It, October 13, 1860, Boston, Massachusetts, US

    *This is actually not the first aerial photograph. Photographer Nadar shot the first aerial photo, but it was lost.

  • First Color Photograph on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#14) First Color Photograph

    Tartan Ribbon, 1861, London, England 

  • First Colored Landscape Photograph on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#15) First Colored Landscape Photograph

    View of Agen, 1877, Agen, France 

  • Thumb of First High-Speed Photographic Series video

    (#16) First High-Speed Photographic Series

    Sallie Gardner at a Gallop, 1878, Palo Alto, California, US 

  • First Photograph Of Lightning on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#17) First Photograph Of Lightning

    Photograph of lightning, 1882, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US 

  • First Photograph Of A Tornado on Random Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind

    (#18) First Photograph Of A Tornado

    Photograph of a tornado, 1884, Garnett, Kansas, US 

  • Thumb of First "Moving Picture" video

    (#19) First "Moving Picture"

    Roundhay Garden Scene by Louis Le Prince, 1888, Leeds, Great Britain

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Photography has been affecting our society till today. These oldest photos portray fascinating details of life before photography became popular. From historical war photos to stunning space images, the oldest images that humans have survived have a fascinating aura. Although photography was created in the early 19th century, Greek mathematicians have been making pinhole cameras since the 4th century BC.

The random tool displays 19 of the oldest precious photos in the world, they have captured the development of photography and witnessed the changes in history. These old photos take us back to the memory of the past and change our view of the world.

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