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1838: First photograph of a human
http://www.retronaut.com/2010/04/first-photograph-of-a-human/ ^
| April 12, 2010
| Chris
Posted on 11/07/2014 2:22:28 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Now why did you have to go and do that? It was looking like the start of a good weekend. Now it will be filled with bad dreams.
To: ansel12
They must have had strong venting codes, look at the roofs. Built pre-central heating, no doubt; multiple fireplaces or stoves in each building.
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posted on
11/07/2014 3:32:11 PM PST
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: JimRed
Sure, lots of stoves, but great venting and it appears to meet a code.
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posted on
11/07/2014 3:43:16 PM PST
by
ansel12
(The churlish behavior of Obama over the next two years is going to be spellbinding.)
To: zeestephen
In 1838 my great-grandfather was 3 years old. I have a photograph of him, but it was taken much later, when he was an old man with a beard.
To: zeestephen
There is an interesting set of daugeuerreotypes of the Cincinnati riverfront in 1848
here.
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posted on
11/07/2014 3:53:02 PM PST
by
cynwoody
To: Tijeras_Slim
The jury is still out on whether that is human.
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posted on
11/07/2014 3:53:08 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: zeestephen
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posted on
11/07/2014 4:03:08 PM PST
by
BobL
(Don't forget - Today's Russians learn math WITHOUT calculators.)
To: Husker24
I would have said it’s a drawing as well. Mainly because there’s not a soul on the other side of the street, or anywhere else. Odd for just two people to be on what looks like a main street in town.
To: chajin
Ah - just read the explanation. I stand corrected.
To: Gamecock
Or the dude with the cellphone..?
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posted on
11/07/2014 4:08:41 PM PST
by
Usagi_yo
(Criticize, marginalize, demonize, criminalize.)
To: JudyinCanada
The original article explains that because it took so long (7 minutes) for the exposure to finish, that many people who were undoubtedly in the scene at some point just didn’t make it to the final print.
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posted on
11/07/2014 4:12:54 PM PST
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
To: zeestephen
Wouldn’t that be the first humans?
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posted on
11/07/2014 4:16:29 PM PST
by
ViLaLuz
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
To: workerbee
Yes, I saw that after and posted. Thanks.
To: Tijeras_Slim
NAH, She was just mummified in 1838. The picture was taken later.
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posted on
11/07/2014 4:38:38 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
11/07/2014 4:45:17 PM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: workerbee
The article says it was a fashionable area, but it looks utterly depressing to me. Hopefully it wasnt so bad in person. The black and white or sepia tones make it look that way. Convert that to bright colors and it won't seem so depressing.
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posted on
11/07/2014 4:50:25 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
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To: zeestephen
Just to the right of the man getting a shine, is that not a woman with a baby carriage?
To: bunkerhill7
Witch on a broom extreme right hand upper corner Nah, that's a Pre-Victorian Era UFO. . . paging Erich Van Daniken.
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posted on
11/07/2014 4:53:23 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: zeestephen
What about the child’s face in the window of the house in the foreground. Top floor, left window? He’s closer to the camera. Gee, I hope Daguerre wasn’t a peeping tom.
To: workerbee
Imagine 7 minutes to take a picture!
***
I really had never given this much thought until about 7-8 years ago. My sister and I were viewing a photograph in a brewery in upstate NY. The photo depicted ancestors of the brewer. It was a family in the picture — mother and father and about 6 kids. When my sister remarked on the fact that nobody was smiling, the bartender/descendant reminded her that everyone had to be still for about 10 minutes.
Yes, the advances in technology are just amazing.
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posted on
11/07/2014 5:46:33 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Too many productive Americans are POWs in the War on Poverty.)
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