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5. Boulevard du Temple, Paris
When Jacques Louis Mande Daguerre took this photograph on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris in 1838, it had a surprising detail. On the corner there was a man getting his shoe shined. Because he was standing very still during a long exposure - probably minutes - he showed up in the picture. Everyone else was moving too fast to be recorded. This photo is known as the first photo taken that shows a man in it.
