Midley history of early photography:

Miscellaneous Sources and Documents
relating to the history of early photography

Miscellaneous:

Daguerre’s broadside (early January 1839) (Midley PDF file)
Courtesy of George Eastman House International Museum of Photography ©
First use of Hyposulphite of Soda. Note by Alfred Brothers (1866)
containing text of letter from J. F. W. Herschel dated 29 October 1864
Description of Original Material ... of Sir John F. W. Herschel, 1839-1844
by R. S. Schultze, J.Phot.Sci., 1965. (Midley PDF file)
Astronomical Photography in 1862 (by John Lee, President RAS)
annotated by R. D. Wood (online 2007)

Liverpool [European Capital of Culture 2008]:

Mechanics’ Magazine 1839,
Oxley and Turmeau — idea of photography in Liverpool in 1820s
Daguerreotype in Liverpool in 1839
Preliminary research on Ste Croix, A. Abraham and J. B. Dancer in Liverpool

J. B. Reade:

Reade’s letter to Robert Hunt, 1854. Annotated by R. D. Wood (online 2007)
PDF file of Reade’s letter to Robert Hunt, 1854 (Midley PDF file)
On Photography of the Sun and Moon, by J. B. Reade, 1854

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Midley history of early photography:

Miscellaneous Sources and Documents relating to the history of early photography

Miscellaneous Sources and Documents
relating to the history of early photography