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English: Early Daguerreotype photograph by
en:Hugh Lee Pattinson (1796-1858), English metallurgist, believed to be the first ever taken of the Niagara Falls. The image was taken from the Canadian side in 1840, and inverted left-right. |
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| Source | http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.07-recovered-niagara-falls-1840-photograph/ |
| Author | Hugh Lee Pattinson (1796-1858) |
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