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1859-60; 1852. Earliest photograph of the East Building, showing remarkable survival after centuries of exposure. Behind is the top of Pyramid of the Magician.
Photograph mounted in Vol.1 of Désiré Charnay, Cités et Ruines Américaines, 1862; taken by Charnay 1859-60. This image scanned from a 35mm slide taken from a copy in the AMNH (RF-106-D). Reproduced Courtesy of The Library, Special Collections, American Museum of Natural History.