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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Salaams Andreas, Thank you for posting these excellent pictures which I have often alluded to before but without knowing the original book from which they came...I believe these are of the first form of photography.
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.
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The type of picture was a
daggeurotype...These began appearing in 1840 and present unique evidence to the ethnographic research student. The process can be viewed at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype A short write up can be viewed at
http://www.wayfarersbookshop.com/sho...p?txtBOOK=1443 against a backdrop of a picture Zanzibar harbour..
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.