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Underwater diver. Boutan. 1898

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Underwater diver. Boutan. 1898 — archival photograph
A mechanic named David as diver at Observatoire océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer. The upside down sign the man is holding says "Photographie sous-marine" (underwater photography). This photo is detailed by Louis Boutan in his work : Boutan, Louis (1900) " IX " in (in French) La photographie sous-marine et les progrès de la photographie , Paris : Schleicher Frères, pp. 204−206 Retrieved on 15 June

The year

1898
Photographer
Louis Boutan
Date
1898
Licence
Public domain
Source
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Underwater_diver._Boutan._1898.jpg
Licence URL
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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