Patrons gather around the librarian’s desk, eager to claim their books at the Bedford Branch Library, in an early photo. The circa-1900 shot was most likely taken when the library was housed at 26 ...

At the turn of the 20th century, cameras were already freezing history in black and white. But color changes everything: By 1907, color photography was starting to gain a little commercial attention, ...

Cover title: Photography & photographers to 1900. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!286612~!0#focus ...