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The following chronology highlights Jackson's career and some key events in the history of photography.
Invention of photography.
William Henry Jackson born in Keeseville, New York.
Collodion wet-plate glass negatives introduced.
Jackson opens a photography studio in Omaha, Nebraska.
Jackson begins photographing the landscape of the Rockies, especially the Yellowstone area and Colorado, for Francis V. Haydens Geological and Geographic Survey of the Territories.
Gelatin dry plates become commercially available in the United States.
Jackson opens a photography studio in Denver.
Eastman begins production of nitro-cellulose film.
Jackson photographs for various railroad lines, including the Mexican Central, Baltimore & Ohio, and New York Central, using 18x22-inch glass plate negatives.
Jacksons photographs commissioned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad are exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition.
Jackson photographs for the Worlds Transportation Commission.
Jackson joins the Detroit Photographic Company. His negatives become the basis for the Companys postcard and photographic view business.
Jackson dies in New York City.