A report on Daguerre's process to the Acadamy of Sciences in Paris leads the French Government to purchase the rights. Daguerre's process is made public and he names his process Daguerreotype. 19 August 1839 . First North American photo taken Oct. or Nov. 1839. First photograph in North America is taken.
Photographer is unknown.
Giroux Daguerrotype camera, the first camera to be commercially manufactured, is introduced. Alexander Wolcott receives first American patent in photography for his camera. The Petzval lens is introduced. Hippolyte Bayard produces direct-positive images on sensitized paper. . Talbot makes improvements to his process but, depending on the quality of paper used, imperfections bleed through the photo when a positive is made.