Chronology of events in the history of photography in the Czech lands till 1918.

The first enterprise for photo-zinco-graphy

Jakub Husník founded at Sadová Street in Prague the first enterprise for photo-zinco-graphy, with a portrait photographical studio attached, allegedly equipped only for photography under artificial light. On the 10. May 1878 Husník gained a patent for transmitting paper and begun to manufacture autotypical screens. At the same time he published a publication "Heliography".

Events of the year

1878

  • The first enterprise for photo-zinco-graphy