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Center Market: 1890
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 07/07/2007 - 3:26pm.
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Re: In the Dark
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 3:41pm.
Telephone invented: 1876
First electric street lights (carbon arc lamps): 1870s.
And of course telegraph wires on poles go back to the 1840s.
Susquehanna Hat Company
Submitted by Steve B. on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 2:53pm.
When you're in the dark and you want to see..
Submitted by Frank3 on Mon, 07/09/2007 - 12:52pm.
I noticed in the upper right corner a streetlight and a telephone (?) pole with wires hanging from it. I never associate electric streetlights with anything pre-1900. Are there any pictures of a nighttime street scene with street lights? Or would cameras of the time have needed more light to get an exposure?
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