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Old, earliest photos of cities

I sort of love them. Here's Wall Street.

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by Anonymousreply 13July 8, 2020 9:07 PM

Earliest photo of LA

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by Anonymousreply 1July 8, 2020 5:37 PM

San Francisco

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by Anonymousreply 2July 8, 2020 5:38 PM

Hong Kong

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by Anonymousreply 3July 8, 2020 5:42 PM

Boston 1860, from a balloon

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by Anonymousreply 4July 8, 2020 5:43 PM

Bombay

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by Anonymousreply 5July 8, 2020 5:46 PM

Prague, 1856. It still looks pretty much the same, only that hideous Žižkov TV tower is spoiling this particular view a bit today.

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by Anonymousreply 6July 8, 2020 5:47 PM

Here's a daguerreotype of Paris.

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by Anonymousreply 7July 8, 2020 5:58 PM

Imagine the smells.

by Anonymousreply 8July 8, 2020 5:59 PM

R8, no indoor toilets. Outhouses and chamber pots.

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by Anonymousreply 9July 8, 2020 6:20 PM

such glamma!

by Anonymousreply 10July 8, 2020 6:32 PM

San Juan, Puerto Rico

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by Anonymousreply 11July 8, 2020 6:38 PM

Old London

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by Anonymousreply 12July 8, 2020 6:53 PM

R8, last time I was in Paris (decades ago) they still had pissoirs. Does anybody know if they are still around?

by Anonymousreply 13July 8, 2020 9:07 PM
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