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Did Levi Hill<\/a> invent colour photography in upstate New York in 1850? Radio programme All Things Considered<\/em> takes a look:<\/p>\n

\nThe Smithsonian is tackling one of the biggest mysteries in the history of photography — whether color photography was first invented by an American minister from Westkill, N.Y. His contemporaries called his work a fraud, but a new analysis suggests that the story is not that simple.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Listen to the segment online<\/a> at NPR<\/acronym> (requires Real Media Player or Windows Media Player)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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