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[UNKNOWN]: Thank you very much.

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[SPEAKER_00]: On this day, August 19th, 1839, the French government announced the the Gord-type process as a gift free to the world, helping introduce photography to the public.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Before photography, capturing an image required painting, drawing, or engraving by hand.

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[SPEAKER_00]: The The Gorotype made it possible to preserve a real image through chemistry and light.

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[SPEAKER_00]: It was slow and delicate by modern standards, but a changed art, science, journalism, family memory, and the way people saw themselves.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 19th, 1692.

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[SPEAKER_00]: five people were executed during the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts.

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[SPEAKER_00]: Also on this day, August 19, 1909, the first race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway years before it became famous for the Indianapolis 500.

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[UNKNOWN]: Thank you.