Births on April 22

Laura Gilpin

Born on April 22, 1891

Laura Gilpin, American photographer (d. 1979)

Laura Gilpin (April 22, 1891 – November 30, 1979) was an American photographer.

Gilpin is known for her photographs of Native Americans, particularly the Navajo and Pueblo, and Southwestern landscapes. Gilpin began taking photographs as a child in Colorado and formally studied photography in New York from 1916 to 1917 before returning to her home in Colorado to begin her career as a professional photographer.

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Events on 1891

10 Mar

Strowger switch
Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
15 May

Rerum novarum
Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
20 May

Kinetoscope
History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

Births on April 22

Laura Gilpin

Born on April 22, 1891

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Strowger switch

Rerum novarum

Kinetoscope