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DescriptionDuhauron1877.jpg	English: Early color photo of Agen, France, by Louis Ducos du Hauron, 1877. The cathedral in the scene is the Cathédrale Saint-Caprais d'Agen. [1]
Date	1877
Source	Unknown sourceUnknown source
Author	Louis Ducos du Hauron (1837 – 1920)
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public domain
Other versions	Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. 2006-11-12 19:11 Janke 1548×1132×8 (596391 bytes) Early color photo by Ducos du Hauron, 1877. This file has multiple extracted images: Another version printed from the original negatives in the 20th century is at File:1877 Agen Ducos Du Hauron Later print.jpg. Another re-touched version without the border is at File:Agen view by Louis Ducos du Hauron 1872.jpg.

Camera location	44° 12′ 33.58″ N, 0° 36′ 56.47″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	44.209327; 0.615685

Licensing

	The author died in 1920, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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NOTE : I have reverted the recent change. Please do NOT change to the altered, "better color" version again. It is artificially saturated, shows more print through the sky, and omits the edges, which are crucial in understanding the three-color subtractive process. I repeat, do NOT change to that version again.

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