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Using Samuel Archer King's hot air balloon to get the shot.
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Robert operated some of the earliest photography studios in the US.
Here he is in 1876, in non-selfie form 17 years before his death.
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This was a very busy street, but due to the slow speed of the photograph meant everyone else moved too fast to be recorded except for the relatively stationary shoeshiner and shoeshinee in the bottom left corner.
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Or is this an artifact because it's a photo of a physical item...
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HistoryPorn
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HistoryPorn is for photographs (or, if it can be found, film) of the past, recent or distant! Give us a little snapshot of history!
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