Louis Daguerre publicly introduces his daguerreotype process, which produce highly detailed permanent photographs on silver-plated sheets of copper.

Scottish physicist James Clark Maxwell leaves behind black and white photography with the first color photograph.

Kodak introduces their first Brownie, a very inexpensive user-reloadable point-and-shoot box camera.

Leica introduces the 35 mm format to still photography.

Stu Appelbaum (founder of Midwest Photo) is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the first son of Rita and Ralph.

The Contax S Camera is introduced, the first 35 mm SLR camera with a pentaprism eye-level viewfinder.

Invention of a camera that would capture images using a CCD imager and digitize the captured scene and store the digital info on a standard cassette.

Kodak scientists invent the world's first megapixel sensor. This will pave the way for digital cameras of the future.

Stu establishes Bill and Mikes Photo, (named after his 2 grandfathers) better known as Midwest Photo with a strong emphasis on used cameras.

The EOS 5D Mark II is notable for being the first EOS DSLR that had video recording capabilities.

Stu's eldest son Moishe buys Midwest Photo, upholding the traditions of great service and the values of a family operated business while growing towards the future.

After 25 years, Midwest Photo moves location to a building that is approximately 3 times the size of the original store.