Our History | Behind the lens ... the adventures of city's intrepid shutterbugs

By Rod Oliver, Launceston Historical Society
Updated July 2 2021 - 3:16am, first published September 13 2020 - 6:00am

Photographers in the 1880s were resourceful characters - purchasing chemicals, making up solutions, coping with heavy cameras and long exposures and developing photos soon after exposure.

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