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Unknown Artist — Crowd with sleigh in front of LL & ER Smith store

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Crowd with sleigh in front of LL & ER Smith store

1858

Small-town American commerce emerges in this rare winter ambrotype, where the gathered crowd and sleigh create a snapshot of mid-19th century rural community life.

Medium
ambrotype, sixth plate

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Unknown Artist, Crowd with sleigh in front of LL & ER Smith store, 1858

Small-town American commerce emerges in this rare winter ambrotype, where the gathered crowd and sleigh create a snapshot of mid-19th century rural community life.

Medium
ambrotype, sixth plate
Year
1858
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, Photography, Sepia Tone, Ambrotype, Documentary, 19th Century, American, Photograph, Street Scene, Winter Scene, Historical, Portrait, Sleigh, Architecture, Crowd

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago