188-Year-Old Mystery of Photography's First Human Subjects Solved

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• InsideOutSanta 2 minutes ago
  It's kinda wild that the people in this picture will probably be remembered and seen for millennia, and they never knew about their own importance.
• WhyComboNadir 40 minutes ago
  I wanted to mark it on Google Maps so I don't walk right past it someday in the future. Here's the exact spot/link:

  https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fut9tktev2qR71tr6

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  • pvo50555 20 minutes ago
    That is the spot where the shoe-shine boy was? Is there a marker for where Daguerre's studio was?
• tocs3 3 days ago
  The photo depicted at the top of the page is flipped vs the one on the plaque?
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  • justincormack 45 minutes ago
    I think a daguerrotype might be reversed, as its a direct positive image, so thats probably intentional to match the layout.
  • voidUpdate 45 minutes ago
    Did a bit of googling, it looks like the "traditional" view of the image is mirrored, and the plaque version is what you'd have actually seen.

    https://mashable.com/archive/first-photograph-of-a-human