The Industrial Revolution

This chapter was all about change. The Industrial Revolution had a major impact on graphic design and typography. New materials became available too. Factories became rather popular during this time, and created many new jobs for people. Other materials such as steel and metal were introduced. The sizes of letterings from small to big along with different styles were introduced. There were 4 styles that I read about in this chapter. Fat faces, antiques, Tuscan-style, and sans-serif types. Fat face is just what it sounds like, thick, fat and heavy. Tuscan-style almost reminds me of a cursive with curvy letters. Lastly sans-serif type looked a lot like Egyptian face with the no serifs. Wood-type posters became known around this time too. The two double-cylinder steam-powered press was also built during this time. "They were capable of printing 1,100 impressions an hour on sheets of paper"(Meggs History of Graphic Design 140). Hand pressed printing was starting to be replaced by steam powered ones. Photography became known also. Photography was being used to report things such as news, and events that were happening. For example, the Civil War was a big event that was first photographed. Pictures for children were developed also. Mostly in picture books.
What I found interesting in this chapter was basically the whole long chapter. It is amazing how one little thing, the Industrial Revolution, changed so so much for the graphic design industry. So much was developed during this time as well and it's really cool to see how things such as photography, printing, and such got started compared to today.
My questions is did photographers get killed when trying to take pictures to document the civil war?