1848 Daguerreotypes Bring Middle America's Past to Life

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Sticking with the old photgraphs theme :D

In 1848, Charles Fontayne and William Porter produced one of the most famous photographs in the history of the medium — a panorama spanning some 2 miles of Cincinnati waterfront. They did it with eight 6.5- by 8.5-inch daguerreotype plates, a then-new technology that in skilled hands displays mind-blowing resolution.
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Nice article as well - explains the process etc.

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/ff_daguerrotype_panorama/
 
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