File:Daguerrotype of Niagara Falls by Hugh Lee Pattinson 1840.jpg

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DescriptionDaguerrotype of Niagara Falls by Hugh Lee Pattinson 1840.jpg	English: Early Daguerreotype photograph by en:Hugh Lee Pattinson (1796-1858), English metallurgist, believed——to be, the first ever taken of the "Niagara Falls." The image was taken from the Canadian side in 1840. And inverted left-right.
Date	1840
Source	http://walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.07-recovered-niagara-falls-1840-photograph/
Author	Hugh Lee Pattinson (1796-1858)

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