Candid street photos from the 1890s

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A Norwegian University Student Used a Spy Camera in This Amazing Example of 19th Century Street Photography — Colossal

Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer is known mostly as an accomplished mathematician and physicist from Norway, but as a side hobby he was also an amateur photographer, taking to the streets of Oslo with a bulky camera secreted in his clothing to capture candid moments of unsuspecting passersby. Most...

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A Norwegian University Student Used a Spy Camera in This Amazing Example of 19th Century Street Photography — Colossal

Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer is known mostly as an accomplished mathematician and physicist from Norway, but as a side hobby he was also an amateur photographer, taking to the streets of Oslo with a bulky camera secreted in his clothing to capture candid moments of unsuspecting passersby. Most...

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A spy camera??

 

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A spy camera??

Apparently it was a flat, round camera, worn under a vest and shooting through a buttonhole.

 

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Apparently it was a flat, round camera, worn under a vest and shooting through a buttonhole.

Now I want to sew a phone pocket inside a jacket.

 

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Now I want to sew a phone pocket inside a jacket.

 

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A Norwegian University Student Used a Spy Camera in This Amazing Example of 19th Century Street Photography — Colossal

Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer is known mostly as an accomplished mathematician and physicist from Norway, but as a side hobby he was also an amateur photographer, taking to the streets of Oslo with a bulky camera secreted in his clothing to capture candid moments of unsuspecting passersby. Most...

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These are amazing!!! I wish there were more photos!