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Pinhole
photography became popular in the 1890s.
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Commercial
pinhole cameras were sold in Europe, the United
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States and in
Japan. 4000 pinhole cameras ("Photomnibuses")
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were sold in
London alone in 1892.
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The cameras
seem to have had the same status as disposable
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cameras today
- none of the "Photomnibuses" have been
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preserved for
posterity in camera
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collections.
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Mass production
of cameras and
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"new
realism" in the 20th century
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soon left
little space for pinhole
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photography.
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By the 1930s
the technique was hardly
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remembered, or
only used in teaching.
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