Image: Boulevard du Temple by Daguerre (unmirrored)

Description: Boulevard du Temple, Paris, IIIe arrondissement, Daguerreotype. The first surviving picture of a living person, taken in 1838. The image shows a busy street, but due to exposure time of more than ten minutes, the traffic was moving too much fast to appear. The exception is the man at the bottom right, who stood still getting his boots polished long enough to show. Look closely and you will also see another man sitting on a bench to the left reading a newspaper. Also, in the upper right hand side, you can see another man standing under the awning of the 3rd building from the right. Speculatively, there could be a woman standing under the street lantern at 2 o'clock from the man getting his shoes shined and another one in the big white building, right column, 3rd window down as well as a face in the top floor window of the white building in front.
Title: Boulevard du Temple by Daguerre (unmirrored)
Credit: Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre.jpg
Author: Boulevard_du_Temple_by_Daguerre.jpg: Louis Daguerre  (1787–1851)    Alternative names Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre Description French photographer, painter, inventor and chemist Date of birth/death 18 November 1787  10 July 1851  Location of birth/death Cormeilles-en-Parisis Bry-sur-Marne Authority control : Q131405 VIAF: 44310225 ISNI: 0000 0001 1471 4125 ULAN: 500022993 LCCN: n87136265 Open Library: OL2409647A WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q131405 derivative work: Beao
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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