The Flour Ad That Changed Privacy

Your right to privacy exists today because a teenager accidentally became the face of a flour company.

Back in the late 1800s, Kodak released the Brownie camera for just one dollar.

It was huge. Suddenly, regular people could take photos anywhere, and it freaked everyone

out. But the real breaking point was a girl named Abigail Robertson. Abigail went to

a studio for a simple portrait. She had no idea that her photo would end up plastered

on twenty-five thousand posters advertising flour. Her face was in warehouses,

saloons, and shop windows all over town. She never said yes to this,

and she definitely didn't get paid. She was so humiliated she actually fell ill from the stress.