As photography technology and techniques evolved in the latter decades of the nineteenth century, photographs became an increasingly important way to disseminate information, reflecting the advertising dictum coined later that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” While technology had yet to evolve to allow quality mass reproduction of photographic images in printed material, photos were increasingly used as the basis for the drawings and engravings that were used in print media. They were also rapidly becoming an effective and central element in presentations and exhibitions.