The History of the Camera

I looked up the word camera and discovered there was a constant use of the word form of the 1860s-1880s, with a few small peaks and declines here and there. In the article from The Bloomfield times, a reporter describes a building. This building, called the Octagon, is described as a wooden structure that overlooks Central Park. The Octagon is the home of the camera obscura. It is said to be the only one of its kind in the country. The writer goes on to tell some stories about how the camera obscura has been used professionally by a detective. It helped in finding a criminal and a lost boy.