Benjamin W. Kilburn is remembered both as a visual historian of immigration and international tourism and as the world 's most extensive manufacturer of stereoscopic views from 1865 to 1910 . He became a pioneer of photojournalism documenting the presidential inauguration of Grover Cleveland , the Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania , the Boer War , the Boxer Rebellion , and the Spanish – American War , among other events . He also is credited with invention of a photo gun camera , which was manufactured by Scovill Mfg. Co. from 1882 to 1886 , to circumvent the tripod usage while taking pictures among the White Mountains , New Hampshire
Johnstown Flood
Johnstown Flood
Benjamin W. Kilburn