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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3726735, member: 19463"]Sorry, this is a drawing. Photography had been invented in 1839 and the technology of that day required very long exposures and only that year was the discovery of a practical way to fix the images so they did not continue to darken with exposure to light. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure when the first photos of Greece were made but they are very rare before c.1870. There are some great shots of Egypt from the 1850's but most of the really early things are from England and France.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3726735, member: 19463"]Sorry, this is a drawing. Photography had been invented in 1839 and the technology of that day required very long exposures and only that year was the discovery of a practical way to fix the images so they did not continue to darken with exposure to light. I'm not sure when the first photos of Greece were made but they are very rare before c.1870. There are some great shots of Egypt from the 1850's but most of the really early things are from England and France.[/QUOTE]
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