<story><title>Early pictures from the days when PayPal was a startup</title><url>http://www.levchin.com/paypal-slideshow/1.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>aresant</author><text>Hard to believe that as recently as 1999 the lack of ubiquitous camera-phones meant that images like this are rare / remarkable.&lt;p&gt;You can see in the photo properties several are taken with a Sony Cybershot - eg somebody had to have the forethought to drag out an actual, gasp, camera to document these events.&lt;p&gt;In the context of this photo essay that means that many of the photos are either posed or around &quot;events&quot; where a camera would likely be welcome - IPO celebration, work parties, etc.&lt;p&gt;So what&apos;s mostly missing here - and everybody&apos;s photo albums of that era - are much of the unexpected, the spontaneous, etc.</text></comment>
<story><title>Early pictures from the days when PayPal was a startup</title><url>http://www.levchin.com/paypal-slideshow/1.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pilgrim689</author><text>How come I don&apos;t see Elon Musk in any of these pictures? I don&apos;t know much of PayPal history, but didn&apos;t he co-found it?</text></comment>