Newspapers Discover the Photograph

The halftone revolution, the first press cameras, and the miracle of the 1930s: pictures travelling faster than people — how the wire made news photographs a national commodity.

Playlist by @picture_agency_birth

11 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. 1930s How Photographs Were Transmitted by Wire: Spot News (1937) - CharlieDeanArchives — Charlie Dean Archives
2. Lunch Atop a Skyscraper: The Terrifying Story Behind the Famous 1932 Photo | 100 Photos | TIME — TIME
3. Early Photography in Newspapers and Books — Sacramento History Museum
4. ” PHOTOGRAPHY FOR NEWSPAPERS ” 1948 HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER PHOTO JOURNALIST & EDITOR FILM XD42404 — PeriscopeFilm
5. BEHIND THE SCENES AT LIFE MAGAZINE 1958 PROMOTIONAL FILM 43784 — PeriscopeFilm
6. America In Pictures - The Story of LIFE Magazine (2011) — Bollox Naked
7. Henry Ford's Mirror of America — US National Archives
8. Newspapers Behind The Scenes, 1970s — Aaron Kuehn
9. A look at The Globe and Mail's news photo archive — The Globe and Mail
10. A Photo Novelty For Eve (1931) — British Pathé
11. “MODERN MAGAZINE MAGIC” 1956 CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. MAGAZINE PRODUCTION DOCUMENTARY GG46915 — PeriscopeFilm