This document discusses the history of photography from its origins with the Daguerreotype process invented by Louis Daguerre in 1837. It mentions several influential early photographers like Eadweard Muybridge who pioneered stop-motion photography, and Alfred Stieglitz, a pioneer in art photography who photographed urban scenes like Winter, Fifth Avenue in 1893. The document also references photographs by Gertrude Käsebier from the late 19th/early 20th century including portraits like The Bride from 1902 and images depicting motherhood and childhood.