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1911. The Wreck Of The Arden Craig Off The Isles Of Scilly, West Of Cornwall. Photo By Francis James Mortimer Lewis Hine, Alfred Eisenstaedt, St Agnes, Historical Moments, Favorite Subject, Photo Competition, Isles Of Scilly, Historical Images, World Photography

“A picture is worth a thousand words”—a phrase most of us have heard before. And for a reason. Photographs can capture loads of information in just a split second and immortalize it for years to come. By freezing moments, photographers enable us to travel to places and times we’ve never witnessed ourselves. They allow us to see the world exactly as it was, whether it was yesterday or a hundred years ago.

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An Insider's View Of 19th-Century Paris (Even The Urinals) | WBUR News Gas Lamps, Paris History, Modern Metropolis, Old Paris, Paris Vintage, Photos Vintage, Paris Photography, Paris Photo, French Photographers

In the early 1860s, Napoleon III commissioned photographer Charles Marville to document the city's transformation from medieval architectural hodgepodge to modern metropolis. The results of that project, known as the Old Paris album, are now on display at the National Gallery of Art.

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