From The First Selfie To The First Coloured Image, Here Are Some Of The Oldest Pictures

26 February 2020

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First Photograph Of A Tornado

Tornadoes have threatened lives on the Great Plains for centuries, but until the late 1800s, most Americans had never actually seen one. That all changed when this photograph started circulating.

First Photograph Of A Tornado is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list These Are The 19 Oldest Surviving Photographs Known To Humankind, And They're Stunning

The first known photograph of a tornado was taken on April 26, 1884, in Anderson County, Kansas – 133 years ago, according to the Kansas Historical Society. Apr 27, 2017. The tornado’s slow progress allowed local fruit farmer and amateur photographer A.A. Adams time to assemble his cumbersome box camera and capture this singular yet incredibly important image.