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tocs3
The photo depicted at the top of the page is flipped vs the one on the plaque?
justincormack
I think a daguerrotype might be reversed, as its a direct positive image, so thats probably intentional to match the layout.
WhyComboNadir
I wanted to mark it on Google Maps so I don't walk right past it someday in the future. Here's the exact spot/link:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fut9tktev2qR71tr6

pvo50555
That is the spot where the shoe-shine boy was? Is there a marker for where Daguerre's studio was?
butlike
From the angle I'd guess the Daguerre's studio was in what building stood where the Renaissance Paris Republique Hotel now stands.
InsideOutSanta
It's kinda wild that the people in this picture will probably be remembered and seen for millennia, and they never knew about their own importance.
mmmBacon
Agree. I also find this photo to be very profound. Generations of people lived and died and we will never see their faces. After this it’s like a great veil was lifted on the human story.

I wonder in our digital age how long our images will endure. Will the vast quantities of images we have now have disappeared entirely 200 years from now and the photographic period be the only enduring image record? It’s interesting to think about.