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Robert Cornelius

Philadelphia County · dedicated 1994 · S 8th & Ranstead Sts. (next to Siegmund Lubin marker), Philadelphia

This metallurgist and brass founder opened one of the world's first photographic studios here in the spring of 1840. His collaboration with chemist Paul Beck Goddard in successful experiments to reduce exposure times made it possible to use the camera in portraiture.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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