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Henry Hamilton Bennett — Under the long Bridge at St. Paul, No. 1531 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi"

Henry Hamilton Bennett

Under the long Bridge at St. Paul, No. 1531 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi"

1870

Bennett's documentation of emerging urban infrastructure captures the transformation of the Upper Mississippi region, where new bridges symbolized progress and connectivity in America's expanding frontier.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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Henry Hamilton Bennett, Under the long Bridge at St. Paul, No. 1531 from the series "Among the Bluff Scenery of the Upper Mississippi", 1870

Bennett's documentation of emerging urban infrastructure captures the transformation of the Upper Mississippi region, where new bridges symbolized progress and connectivity in America's expanding frontier.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Year
1870
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Naturalistic, River, Monochrome, Photography, Albumen Print, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Landscape, Bridge

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