PugJesus@piefed.socialcakeM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 7 days agoOne-Eyed Pete, UK?, ~1890imagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down11 cross-posted to: cat@lemmy.world
arrow-up176arrow-down1imageOne-Eyed Pete, UK?, ~1890PugJesus@piefed.socialcakeM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square5linkfedilink cross-posted to: cat@lemmy.world
minus-squarehenfredemarslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoI wonder if he was alive in the photo. You had to be very still for a very long period of time to get your photo taken. That would be especially difficult for living animals.
minus-squareRothe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoPhotography was instantaneous in the 1890s. The period where it took a long time was decades earlier.
I wonder if he was alive in the photo. You had to be very still for a very long period of time to get your photo taken. That would be especially difficult for living animals.
Photography was instantaneous in the 1890s. The period where it took a long time was decades earlier.