TWO COPIES OF L’ILLUSTRATION NEWSPAPER, WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHS...

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TWO COPIES OF L’ILLUSTRATION NEWSPAPER, WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF KAABA, MECCA AND AN ARTICLE ABOUT HAJEEZ RAILWAY WHICH LOOKING AHEAD TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY
In 1891, L'Illustration became the first French newspaper to publish a photograph. Many of these photographs came from syndicated photo-press agencies like Chusseau-Flaviens, but the publication also employed its own photographers such as Léon Gimpel and others. In 1907, L'Illustration was the first to publish a color photograph. Wikipedia