Close-Ups Of Robert Cornelius' Early Daguerreotype Photo of Market Street in Philadelphia (1840)

A collection of close-ups of Robert Cornelius' daguerreotype photograph of the intersection of Eighth Street and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taken in 1840. The image is one of the earliest photographs taken in the United States.
Source: Library of Congress.
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[@joepepi7394]

I simply love these glimpses of the past,frozen pieces of time!

[@GayJayU26]

He was a very talented photographer

[@jec1ny]

A window that allows us to peer 183 years into the past. I am assuming that there were people milling about but the photo technology of the time was too slow to record them.

[@smadaf]

You can see the smears of them in the long exposure.

[@Ken-rw2vh]

'Promo SM' 🙏