Photographer: Louis Daguerre

Nicholas Jenkins of Stanford University has done some serious sleuthing and figured out Daguerre's exact position at the time of photograph. Check out his most recent post on the subject.
http://www.stanford.edu/~njenkins/archives/2007/08/at_the_corner.html

If one superimposes the map Jenkins has marked with the location of Daguerre and shoe shine stand over a modern map of the area, it appears the exact site of the stand would today fall a few meters southeast of the monument in the center of the Place de la République.


Related Links:

Boulevard du Temple Wikipedia Article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulevard_du_Temple


Louis Daguerre Wikipedia Article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Daguerre


Place de la République Wikipedia Article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_de_la_R%C3%A9publique

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