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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Amazing photographs of elderly New Yorkers in the 1840s

These are some of the world's first photographs taken in the 1840s featuring people who were all born in the 1700s.

This rare photo collection is thought to capture the OLDEST generation of men and women ever photographed.

These remarkable surviving images show older ladies and gentleman who were all born in the 1700s.

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7 comments:

  1. SteveMay 25, 2017 at 9:49 PM

    So, younger people had no interest n being photographed. Weird.

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  2. AnonymousMay 25, 2017 at 10:17 PM

    Just like some people have no interest in being educated.

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    1. AnonymousMay 26, 2017 at 6:57 AM

      ..........therefore with no knowledge of how to pay their property taxes.

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  3. AnonymousMay 26, 2017 at 6:43 AM

    That looks like me first thing in the morning.

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  4. AnonymousMay 26, 2017 at 7:07 AM

    Is it better to be uneducated or miseducated ?

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  5. AnonymousMay 26, 2017 at 9:25 AM

    I see they had bad hair days back then too

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  6. AnonymousMay 26, 2017 at 11:03 AM

    Early photography took sometimes over a minute of exposure, had to stay perfectly still to not blur the image. Dental care was not what we have today, and a photo was expensive, a once in a lifetime event.

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