Boy playing with a toy train, c.1900 (b/w photo)

A snapshot photograph of a boy playing with a clockwork train set, taken by an unknown photographer. Originally a shooting term, the word "snapshot" was first linked with photography in the late 1850s, when it was used to describe a photograph taken with a brief exposure. Over time, snapshot came to mean any amateur photograph taken with a simple camera. The origins of popular photography can be traced back to George Eastman"s (1854-1932) introduction of the first Kodak camera in 1888. Snapshots are informal, personal records of everyday life and experiences.