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Unknown maker — Untitled (Portrait of Two Men Wearing Straw Hats)

Unknown maker

Untitled (Portrait of Two Men Wearing Straw Hats)

1855

Casual summer attire takes center stage in this daguerreotype, where the straw hats suggest either leisure or working-class identity, demonstrating photography's democratic reach across social classes.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Portrait of Two Men Wearing Straw Hats), 1855

Casual summer attire takes center stage in this daguerreotype, where the straw hats suggest either leisure or working-class identity, demonstrating photography's democratic reach across social classes.

Medium
Daguerreotype
Year
1855
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Vintage, Monochrome, Men, 19th Century, Photograph, Historical, Two Figures, Portrait, Black and White, Daguerreotype

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