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Photography

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Welcome to the CCSF Research Guide for Photography! 

Explore the history of photography from Daguerreotypes to Digital Photography

Use the navigation tabs on the side of this guide to browse through books, article databases, web resources, citation style resources, and tips on effective research.

Daguerreotype image of San Francisco, ca. 1850; collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Daguerreotype image of San Francisco, ca. 1850 (collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Creative Commons license)

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