Chronology of events in the history of photography in the Czech lands till 1918.

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Events of the year

1859

• Studio Winter opened
• The oldest preserved drawing of a photo studio in Bohemia.
• Otto Bielfeldt started a successful photographical career in Plzeň (Pilsen).
• In the Prague directory gives as his last profession “a daguerreotypist”.