Photo Era. September 1899. Volume III, No. 4. Including "Who Invented Photography?"

Entire issue of magazine, about 40 pages. W.H. Partridge photo of blacksmith with tissue guard, inserted as supplement frontispiece. Other photographic illustrations by William Lyman Underwood, Walter Sprange, H.A. Latimer, Mrs. Addie K. Robinson, et al. Articles on yachting photography, the prize system, white kittens, lighting and posing (Thomas Gainsborough), photography news, and "Who Invented Photography?" with the text, translated into English, of the 1829 contract between Daguerre and Niepce. Numerous fascinating ads. Cover chipped at edges. Damp stain on top right edges of cover and most pages. Good. Scarce.