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Unknown maker — Untitled (Mining Town)

Unknown maker

Untitled (Mining Town)

1853

Among the earliest photographic documentation of Western expansion, this daguerreotype preserves a fleeting moment in a rapidly changing frontier landscape.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Mining Town), 1853

Among the earliest photographic documentation of Western expansion, this daguerreotype preserves a fleeting moment in a rapidly changing frontier landscape.

Medium
Daguerreotype
Year
1853
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Industrial, Mining, Monochrome, Documentary, American, Photograph, Historical, Architecture, Daguerreotype

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