This article first appeared in the Transactions of the Hynter Archaeological Society and is reproduced by kind permission of the Society. THE BIRTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN SHEFFIELD 1840-1870 By D.J. Smith Since the invention of Photography some 140 years ago the world has been overwhelmed by its use in a way its inventors could scarcely have foreseen. The use of photographs in books, magazines, and in advertising has widened the horizons of millions previously able to vie