Timeline

1. 1839

   Invention of photography.

2. 1843

   William Henry Jackson born in Keeseville, New York.

3. 1851

   Collodion wet-plate glass negatives introduced.

4. 1867

   Jackson opens a photography studio in Omaha, Nebraska.

5. 1870-1878

   Jackson begins photographing the landscape of the Rockies, especially the Yellowstone area and Colorado, for Francis V. Hayden's Geological and Geographic Survey of the Territories.

6. 1879

   Gelatin dry plates become commercially available in the United States.

   Jackson opens a photography studio in Denver.

7. 1889

   Eastman begins production of nitro-cellulose film.

8. 1890-1892

   Jackson photographs for various railroad lines, including the Mexican Central, Baltimore & Ohio, and New York Central, using 18x22-inch glass plate negatives.

9. 1893

   Jackson's photographs commissioned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad are exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition.

10. 1894-1896

    Jackson photographs for the World's Transportation Commission.

11. 1897-1924

    Jackson joins the Detroit Photographic Company. His negatives become the basis for the Company's postcard and photographic view business.

12. 1942

    Jackson dies in New York City.