Top 11 Photos That Were Historical Firsts

6. First Photograph of Drinking

It is thought that the first picture of people drinking and partying was taking in 1844, in Scotland by Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill. This was almost two decades after Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the world’s first photograph.

The picture shows three man drinking alcohol out of ale flutes. This kind of glass drinking vessel was just beginning to be really popular because of its property of conserving the liquid’s natural taste.

A copy of the photo can be found in Edinburgh’s National Portrait Gallery. According to its description, the men were drinking Scottish beer, “a potent fluid, which almost glued the lips of the drinker together.”