The Oldest Known Photograph
The history of photography goes back much deeper than most people think. The idea that light can impact objects dates back to the fourth century BC. But it wasn’t until 1826 that a French inventor named Joseph Nicéphore Niépce used bitumen of Judea mixed with water on a pewter plate, which he then heated, to take a photograph of the outside of his estate. The photo looks like a smudge, and it took two full days to expose, but it is commonly considered the first photograph!
The Oldest Known Photograph
Butch Cassidy
Butch Cassidy, also born Robert LeRoy Parker, was one of the most famous outlaws of the Wild West. Butch Cassidy, born in 1866, was the head of the Wild Bunch, a gang of robbers that robbed trains and banks. He was involved in criminal activity for approximately a decade before fleeing to Argentina with his accomplice Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (better known as “Sundance Kid”) and Longabaugh’s girlfriend Etta Place to avoid police authorities. This photograph was taken in the year 1900.
Butch Cassidy
