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Taking Place: Photographs from the Prentice and Paul Sack Collection

June 2 - September 6, 2005

 

 

Checklist of the exhibition:

 
Collection identification symbols:
 
* Collection of Prentice and Paul Sack
+ Collection of the Prentice and Paul Sack Photographic Trust of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
= Fractional gift of Prentice and Paul Sack and Collection of the Prentice and Paul Sack Photographic Trust of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
# The Margaret Weston Collection, fractional gift of Margaret Weston and Paul Sack and Collection of the Prentice and Paul Sack Photographic Trust of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
^ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchased through a partial gift of Paul Sack and Accessions Committee Fund
 
 
Berenice Abbott
American, 1898­1991
The Construction of Rockefeller Center,+ 1931 (pl. 151)
Gelatin silver print
7 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (18.7 x 23.8 cm)
 
Murray Hill Hotel from Park Avenue and 40th Street,+ 1935
Gelatin silver print
9 7/16 x 7 9/16 in. (24 x 19.2 cm)
 
Flam and Flam, New York City,* 1936
Gelatin silver print
9 9/16 x 7 5/8 in. (24.3 x 19.4 cm)
 
 
Ansel Adams
American, 1902­1984
Taos, New Mexico,+ ca. 1929 (pl. 145)
Gelatin silver print
5 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (14.9 x 20 cm)
 
 
Robert Adams
American, born 1937
Longmont, Colorado,+ 1973 (pl. 214)
Gelatin silver print
6 x 6 in. (15.2 x 15.2 cm)
 
Northglenn, Colorado,+ 1973 (pl. 213)
Gelatin silver print
6 x 7 5/8 in. (15.2 x 19.4 cm)
 
 
Gioacchino Altobelli
Italian, ca. 1820­ca. 1879
Fontana dell'Accademia di Francia-Villa Medici (Fountain of the French Academy-Villa Medici),+ ca. 1859­64 (pl. 65)
Albumen print from a glass negative
10 1/16 x 14 7/8 in. (25.6 x 37.8 cm)
 
 
James Anderson
British, 1813­1877
Tombeau de Cécilia Metella, via Appia Antica, Rome (Tomb of Cecilia Metella, via Appia Antica, Rome),+ ca. 1857 (pl. 29)
Albumen print from a glass negative
13 9/16 x 12 7/16 in. (34.5 x 31.6 cm)
 
 
John Anthony
British, 1832­1901
Maxstoke Priory,+ 1854
Albumen print from a glass negative
5 15/16 x 5 15/16 in. (15.1 x 15.1 cm)
 
 
Diane Arbus
American, 1923­1971
Two Friends in the Park, N.Y.C.,* 1965 (pl. 204)
Gelatin silver print
9 1/4 x 9 5/8 in. (23.5 x 24.5 cm)
 
Transvestite on a couch, N.Y.C.,* 1966
Gelatin silver print
14 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (37.8 x 37.8 cm)
 
 
George Armistead and Henry White
American, active 1860s; British, 1819­1903
Group of Confederates Killed by a Shell, Vicksburg, July 3, 1863,+ 1863 (pl. 4)
Salt print from a glass negative
5 15/16 x 8 in. (15.1 x 20.3 cm)
 
 
Eugène Atget
French, 1857­1927
Route, Amiens,+ ca. 1895
Gold-toned printing-out paper print
8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.3 x 16.8 cm)
 
Au Griffon, 10, rue de Buci (At the Griffon, 10 rue de Buci),+ 1911
Gold-toned printing-out paper print
8 5/8 x 7 in. (21.9 x 17.8 cm)
 
Saules,+ 1921 (pl. 129)
Gold-toned printing-out paper print
8 1/2 x 7 in. (21.6 x 17.8 cm)
 
Coin rue Valette (Corner of rue Valette),+ 1923
Albumen print from a glass negative
8 5/8 x 7 in. (21.9 x 17.8 cm)
 
Nôtre-Dame,+ 1923
Arrowroot print
9 x 6 7/8 in. (22.9 x 17.5 cm)
 
Rue des Chantres,+ 1923 (pl. 126)
Gold-toned printing-out paper print
8 5/8 x 7 in. (21.9 x 17.8 cm)
 
Boutique-Fleurs-rue de Vaugirard (Shop-Flowers-rue de Vaugirard),+ ca. 1923­24 (pl. 127)
Arrowroot print
9 x 6 7/8 in. (22.9 x 17.5 cm)
 
Rue du Mont-Cenis, maison de musette (Rue du Mont-Cenis, Dance Hall),+ 1924
Gold-toned printing-out paper print
8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (22.2 x 17.2 cm)
 
Château de la Reine Blanche, rue des Gobelins,+ 1925
Gold-toned printing-out paper print
6 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (17.5 x 22.5 cm)
 
La Marne, La Varenne,+ 1925 (pl. 125)
Gold-toned printing-out paper print
6 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. (16.8 x 22.5 cm)
 
Pont Neuf,+ 1925 (pl. 124)
Gold-toned printing-out paper print
6 15/16 x 8 7/8 in. (17.6 x 22.5 cm)
 
Saint-Denis, canal,+ ca. 1925­27 (pl. 128)
Gold-toned printing-out paper print
7 x 8 3/4 in. (17.8 x 22.2 cm)
 
 
Édouard Baldus
French, born Germany, 1813­1889
Amiens (vue générale) (Amiens [General View]),= 1855 (pl. 59)
Salt print from a paper negative
12 1/8 x 17 5/16 in. (30.8 x 44 cm)
 
Creil,+ 1855 (pl. 58)
Salt print from a paper negative
12 11/16 x 17 7/16 in. (32.2 x 44.3 cm)
 
Gare de Longueau (Longueau Station),= 1855
Salt print from a paper negative
13 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (33.7 x 43.8 cm)
 
Viaduc de La Voulte (Viaduct at La Voulte), from the album Chemins de Fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (Railroads from Paris to Lyon and to the Mediterranean),# 1861 or later
Albumen print from a glass negative
9 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (24.8 x 41.9 cm)
 
 
Lewis Baltz
American, born 1945
South Wall, Mazda Motors, 2121 East Main Street, Irvine, from the series The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California,* 1974 (pl. 212)
Gelatin silver print
6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.9 cm)
 
 
George N. Barnard
American, 1819­1902
Destruction of Hood's Ordnance Train and Ruins of Rolling Mill, Atlanta, Georgia, plate forty-four from the album Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign,+ 1864
Albumen print
10 1/16 x 14 1/16 in. (25.6 x 35.7 cm)
 
Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, Georgia, no. 1, plate thirty-nine from the album Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign,+ 1864 (pl. 86)
Albumen print
10 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (25.7 x 35.9 cm)
 
Ruins of the Railroad Depot, Charleston, South Carolina, plate sixty-one from the album Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign,+ 1865 (pl. 30)
Albumen print
10 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (25.7 x 36.2 cm)
 
Ruins in Charleston, South Carolina, plate sixty from the album Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign,= ca. 1865­66 (pl. 87)
Albumen print
10 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (25.7 x 35.9 cm)
 
 
Hippolyte Bayard
French, 1801­1887
Église de Saint-Pierre à Louviers (Church of Saint-Pierre, Louviers),* 1851 (pl. 54)
Salt print
7 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. (19.4 x 26 cm)
 
 
Ilse Bing
American, born Germany , 1899­1998
Champ-de-Mars, vue de la Tour Eiffel (Champ-de-Mars, View from the Eiffel Tower),* 1931 (pl. 31)
Gelatin silver print
8 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. (22.2 x 28.3 cm)
 
Greta Garbo Poster, Paris,+ 1932 (pl. 174)
Gelatin silver print
10 3/16 x 13 3/8 in. (25.9 x 34 cm)
 
 
Félix Bonfils
French, 1831­1885
Piscine probatique, Jerusalem (Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem),* 1870s (pl. 63)
Albumen print from a glass negative
11 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (28.6 x 38.7 cm)
 
 
Henry P. Bosse
American, 1844­1903
DeSoto, Wisconsin, from the album Views of the Mississippi River,+ 1891
Cyanotype
10 5/8 x 13 7/16 in. (27 x 34.1 cm)
 
 
Margaret Bourke-White
American, 1904­1971
Ammonia Storage Tanks, I. G. Farben,* 1930 (pl. 149)
Gelatin silver print
13 x 9 1/8 in. (33 x 23.2 cm)
 
Chrysler Building: Tower,+ 1931 (pl. 150)
Gelatin silver print
5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (14 x 9.5 cm)
 
 
Mathew B. Brady
American, 1823­1896
View of Richmond, Virginia,+ ca. 1865 (pl. 85)
Albumen stereo view
3 15/16 x 9 3/4 in. (10 x 24.7 cm)
 
 
Bill Brandt
British, 1904­1983
Northern Suburb,+ 1933
Gelatin silver print
9 x 7 3/4 in. (22.86 x 19.7 cm)
 
Camden Hill, London,* 1947 (pl. 178)
Gelatin silver print
9 x 7 5/8 in. (22.9 x 19.4 cm)
 
 
Brassaï (Gyula Halász)
French, born Hungary, 1899­1984
Groupe joyeux au bal musette des Quatre Saisons, rue de Lappe (Happy Group at the Four Seasons Ball, rue de Lappe),+ ca. 1932, printed ca. 1948­55 (pl. 183)
Gelatin silver print
9 3/8 x 11 13/16 in. (23.8 x 30 cm)
 
Plane Tree, Paris,+ 1945
Gelatin silver print
11 5/8 x 8 in. (29.5 x 20.3 cm)
 
 
Martin Bruehl
American, born Australia, 1895­1980
Untitled [Grain Elevator],+ ca. 1932 (pl. 154)
Gelatin silver print
8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.6 x 15.6 cm)
 
 
David W. Butterfield
American, 1844­1933
Untitled [New England Houses],+ 1870s (pl. 92)
Albumen print from a glass negative
16 1/4 x 20 5/16 in. (41.3 x 51.6 cm)
 
 
Harry Callahan
American, 1912­1999
Detroit,* 1943
Gelatin silver print
3 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (9.2 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm)
 
Chicago,+ ca. 1948, printed ca. 1965 (pl. 185)
Gelatin silver print
9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.5 x 19.4 cm)
 
Eleanor and Barbara, Chicago,* ca. 1954
Gelatin silver print
7 5/8 x 10 in. (19.4 x 25.4 cm)
 
 
Julia Margaret Cameron
British, 1815­1879
After Perugino; the Annunciation,* 1865 (pl. 53)
Albumen print from a glass negative
13 1/4 x 11 in. (33.7 x 27.9 cm)
 
Annie Chinery Cameron,* 1873
Albumen print
12 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. (32.4 x 27.6 cm)
 
 
Lewis Carroll
British, 1832­1898
Brook and Hugh Kitchin,* 1876 (pl. 51)
Albumen print from a glass negative
5 13/16 x 4 11/16 in. (14.8 x 11.9 cm)
 
 
Henri Cartier-Bresson
French, 1908­2004
Self-Portrait,+ 1933 (pl. 179)
Gelatin silver print
6 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (16.8 x 25.1 cm)
 
 
Désiré Charnay
French, 1828­1915
Maison du curé-Mitla, Oaxaca (Priest's House-Mitla, Oaxaca),+ 1859 (pl. 79)
Albumen print from a glass negative
10 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (27 x 40 cm)
 
 
Charles Clifford
British, 1819­1863
Sevilla: Torre del Oro (Seville: Tower of Gold),= 1862 (pl. 69)
Albumen print from a glass negative
11 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. (28.6 x 42.6 cm)
 
 
Alvin Langdon Coburn
British, born United States, 1882­1966
Untitled [Twilight Study],* ca. 1910 (pl. 113)
Platinum print
6 5/16 x 7 13/16 in. (16 x 19.8 cm)
 
 
Ralston Crawford
American, born Canada, 1906­1978
Grain Elevators, Buffalo,+ 1942
Gelatin silver print
6 5/16 x 9 3/16 in. (16 x 23.3 cm)
 
 
Imogen Cunningham
American, 1883­1976
Yreka,* 1929 (pl. 144)
Gelatin silver print
9 x 7 1/2 in. (22.9 x 19.1 cm)
 
Ventilators, Fageol Factory, Oakland,* 1934 (pl. 153)
Gelatin silver print
7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm)
 
 
Bill Dane
American, born 1938
New Orleans,* 1974 (pl. 216)
Gelatin silver print
12 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (32.7 x 21.9 cm)
 
 
William Edward Dassonville
American, 1879­1957
The Russ Building, San Francisco,* 1925 (pl. 121)
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
 
 
Bruce Davidson
American, born 1933
Untitled, from the series Welsh Miners,+ 1965 (pl. 189)
Gelatin silver print
6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.9 cm)
 
 
Gustave de Beaucorps
French, 1825­1906
Ponte Vecchio, Florence,+ 1856
Paper negative
11 1/2 x 14 7/8 in. (29.2 x 37.8 cm)
 
 
Ernest de Caranza
French, born 1837 (death date unknown)
Untitled [Harbor Scene, Turkey],= 1854 (pl. 64)
Salt print from a paper negative
6 11/16 x 8 13/16 in. (17 x 22.4 cm)
 
 
Roy De Carava
American, born 1919
Apartment for Rent,* 1977 (pl. 202)
Gelatin silver print
8 15/16 x 8 3/16 in. (22.7 x 20.8 cm)
 
 
Louis De Clercq
French, 1836­1901
Kalaat el Hosn, première enceinte midi (Krak of the Knights, First Southern Enclosure),= 1859 (pl. 66)
Albumen print from a paper negative
8 5/16 x 22 1/4 in. (21.1 x 56.5 cm)
 
 
Robert Demachy
French, 1859­1937
Untitled [French Cottage],+ ca. 1910 (pl. 114)
Oil transfer print
6 5/8 x 9 in. (16.8 x 22.9 cm)
 
 
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
French, 1819­1889
Paris Commune,* 1871
Albumen print from a glass negative
8 5/8 x 11 3/8 in. (21.9 x 28.9 cm)
 
 
Louis-Emile Durandelle
French, 1839­1917
Construction of Sacré-Coeur,= 1879 (pl. 5)
Albumen print from a glass negative
13 1/2 x 17 1/8 in. (34.3 x 43.5 cm)
 
 
Eugène Durieu
French, 1800­1874
Untitled [Female Nude],* 1850s (pl. 52)
Albumen print from a glass negative
8 x 5 1/8 in. (20.3 x 13 cm)
 
 
Thomas Eakins
American, 1844­1916
The Crowell Children at Saint Peter's Village,* ca. 1880­83
Albumen print
5 x 3 3/4 in. (12.7 x 9.5 cm)
 
 
Robert Eaton
British, 1819­1871
Roman Forum,* 1853 (pl. 75)
Salt print from a glass negative
10 x 7 3/8 in. (25.4 x 18.7 cm)
 
 
William Eggleston
American, born 1939
Untitled, the Southwestern Grill,* 1967 (pl. 203)
Gelatin silver print
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 14 cm)
 
 
Peter Henry Emerson
British, born Cuba, 1856­1936
Cutting the Gladdon, plate XXXII from the book Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads,+ 1886 (pl. 112)
Platinum print
7 7/16 x 9 7/16 in. (18.9 x 24 cm)
 
A Rushy Shore, plate XXXV from the book Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads,+ 1886 (pl. 111)
Platinum print
7 1/2 x 11 3/16 in. (19.1 x 28.4 cm)
 
 
Morris Engel
American, born 1918
Shoeshine Boy with Cop,+ 1947 (pl. 161)
Gelatin silver print
13 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. (34 x 26.4 cm)
 
 
Elliott Erwitt
American, born 1928
New York City,* 1953 (pl. 197)
Gelatin silver print
4 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (11.8 x 16.8 cm)
 
 
Walker Evans
American, 1903­1975
New York City,+ ca. 1928­29
Gelatin silver print
3 9/16 x 2 1/4 in. (9.1 x 5.7 cm)
 
We Are Building a New and Greater Bloomingdale's,+ ca. 1929­30 (pl. 165)
Gelatin silver print
9 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. (25.1 x 20.6 cm)
 
South Street, New York City,+ 1934 (pl. 16)
Gelatin silver print
7 3/16 x 5 1/2 in. (18.3 x 14 cm)
 
Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer Family,+ 1936 (pl. 131)
Gelatin silver print
7 9/16 x 9 9/16 in. (19.2 x 24.3 cm)
 
Fireplace, Burroughs House, Hale County, Alabama,* 1936 (pl. 130)
Gelatin silver print
9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.5 x 19.4 cm)
 
 
George R. Fardon
British, 1806­1886
East Side of Montgomery Street, from San Francisco Album: Photographs of the Most Beautiful Views and Public Buildings of San Francisco,* 1856 (pl. 98)
Salt print from a glass negative
6 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (15.9 x 19.1 cm)
 
 
Louis Faurer
American, 1916­2001
Untitled [Street Scene],* 1940 (pl. 164)
Gelatin silver print
9 x 13 1/8 in. (22.9 x 33.3 cm)
 
 
Andreas Feininger
American, born France, 1906­1999
New York, South Street, Corner of Roosevelt Street and Brooklyn Bridge,+ 1940 (pl. 23)
Gelatin silver print
9 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (24.8 x 19.4 cm)
 
 
Roger Fenton
British, 1819­1869
On the Wye,+ ca. 1855 (pl. 60)
Salt print from a glass negative
7 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (18.4 x 23.2 cm)
 
L'entente cordiale (The Cordial Agreement),+ 1856
Salt print
6 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (16.2 x 16.5 cm)
 
Head of Harbour, Balaklava,+ 1856 (pl. 70)
Salt print from a glass negative
8 x 10 1/16 in. (20.3 x 25.6 cm)
 
 
Robert Frank
American, born Switzerland, born 1924
Men of Air, New York,+ 1947
Gelatin silver print
13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (34.3 x 23.5 cm)
 
London Bankers,+ 1951 (pl. 193)
Gelatin silver print
8 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (22.2 x 32.1 cm)
 
London,+ ca. 1951­52
Gelatin silver print
10 3/8 x 11 9/16 in. (26.4 x 29.4 cm)
 
Wales, Ben James,* 1953 (pl. 192)
Gelatin silver print
9 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. (23.2 x 34.3 cm)
 
 
Jean Baptiste Frénet
French, 1814­1889
Untitled [Man on Horseback],* 1855 (pl. 41)
Salt print
6 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (17.5 x 23.5 cm)
 
 
Lee Friedlander
American, born 1934
Newark, New Jersey,+ 1962 (pl. 206)
Gelatin silver print
5 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. (14.3 x 21.6 cm)
 
Baltimore,+ 1968 (pl. 207)
Gelatin silver print
6 x 9 1/8 in. (15.2 x 23.2 cm)
 
Paul Tate, Lafayette, Louisiana,+ 1968 (pl. 205)
Gelatin silver print
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (14 x 21 cm)
 
Route 9W, New York,+ 1969 (pl. 208)
Gelatin silver print
7 x 10 1/2 in. (17.8 x 26.7 cm)
 
 
Francis Frith
British, 1822­1898
The Rameseum of El-Kurneh, Thebes-First View,= ca. 1857 (pl. 72)
Albumen print from a glass negative
15 3/8 x 17 3/4 in. (39.1 x 45.1 cm)
 
The Hypaethral Temple, Philae,+ 1858
Albumen print from a glass negative
15 x 19 in. (38.1 x 48.3 cm)
 
Pyramids of El-Geezah from the Southwest,= 1858
Albumen print from a glass negative
13 x 19 in. (33 x 48.3 cm)
 
The Second Pyramid from the Southeast,+ 1858 (pl. 71)
Albumen print from a glass negative
15 x 18 7/8 in. (38.1 x 47.9 cm)
 
 
Alexander Gardner
American, born Scotland, 1821­1882
Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia,* 1865 (pl. 89)
Albumen print
6 13/16 x 8 7/8 in. (17.3 x 22.5 cm)
 
 
William Gedney
American, 1933­1989
Kentucky,* 1964 (pl. 198)
Gelatin silver print
10 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (27.3 x 18.4 cm)
 
 
Arnold Genthe
American, born Germany, 1869­1942
Vegetable Peddler, Old Chinatown, San Francisco,+ ca. 1895­1906 (pl. 123)
Gelatin silver print
8 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (21.9 x 31.8 cm)
 
 
Laura Gilpin
American, 1891­1979
Taos Ovens, New Mexico,+ 1926 (pl. 140)
Platinum print
8 5/8 x 6 13/16 in. (21.9 x 17.3 cm)
 
 
Nan Goldin
American, born 1953
Ivy in the Garden; back. Boston,+ 1973, printed later (pl. 209)
Gelatin silver print
18 11/16 x 12 7/16 in. (47.5 x 31.6 cm)
 
 
John Beasley Greene
American, born France, 1832­1856
Untitled [Clifftop Town],+ 1850s (pl. 76)
Salt print
9 3/8 x 12 in. (23.8 x 30.5 cm)
 
 
John Gutmann
American, born Germany, 1905­1998
Two Girls,+ 1935 (pl. 163)
Gelatin silver print
9 7/16 x 7 11/16 in. (24 x 19.5 cm)
 
The Monkey, San Francisco,+ 1938 (pl. 17)
Gelatin silver print
9 5/16 x 6 15/16 in. (23.7 x 17.62 cm)
 
 
Johan Hagemeyer
American, 1884­1962
Cypress Trees, Telegraph Hill, San Francisco,+ 1925 (pl. 120)
Gelatin silver print
9 1/16 x 6 9/16 in. (23 x 16.7 cm)
 
 
Miroslav Hak
Czech, 1911­1977
Ve dvore (In the Courtyard),+ 1942 (pl. 186)
Gelatin silver print
9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.1 x 17.5 cm)
 
 
Sergeant Harrold and the Royal Corps of Engineers
British, active 1860s
Abyssinian Dwellings,* 1868 (pl. 62)
Albumen print from a glass negative
7 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. (19.4 x 26 cm)
 
 
Frank Jay Haynes
American, 1853­1921
Gloster Mill, 60 Stamps, 24 Pans, 12 Settlers,+ ca. 1885 (pl. 96)
Albumen print from a glass negative
17 1/8 x 21 13/16 in. (43.5 x 55.4 cm)
 
Granite Silver Mine, Montana Territory,= 1887 (pl. 26)
Albumen print from a glass negative
16 7/8 x 21 1/2 in. (42.9 x 54.6 cm)
 
 
Florence Henri
Swiss, born United States, 1893­1982
Paris,+ 1930 (pl. 172)
Gelatin silver print
9 x 6 13/16 in. (22.9 x 17.3 cm)
 
 
David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson
Scottish, 1802­1870; Scottish, 1821­1848
The Artist and the Gravedigger [Greyfriars' Churchyard, the Dennistoun Monument with D. O. Hill, His Nieces the Misses Watson, and an Unknown Man],= ca. 1843­47 (pl. 1)
Salt print from a paper negative
8 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (21.3 x 16.5 cm)
 
Bonaly Towers with a Group of Ten, Including John Henning, Mrs. Cockburn, Mrs. Cleghorn, and D. O. Hill,+ ca. 1843­47
Salt print from a paper negative
8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (21 x 15.6 cm)
 
Miss Crampton of Dublin,= ca. 1843­47 (pl. 40)
Salt print from a paper negative
8 1/16 x 6 in. (20.5 x 15.2 cm)
 
Misses Grierson,* ca. 1843­47
Salt print from a paper negative
8 x 6 1/8 in. (20.3 x 15.6 cm)
 
Professor Alexander Campbell Fraser, Reverend James Walker, Reverend Robert Taylor, Reverend John Murray, Reverend Doctor William Welsh, and Reverend Doctor John Nelson,+ ca. 1843­47 (pl. 42)
Salt print from a paper negative
9 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (24.1 x 32.7 cm)
 
 
Humphrey Lloyd Hime
Canadian, born Ireland, 1833­1903
Birch Bark Tents, West Bank of Red River, Middle Settlement,+ 1858 (pl. 101)
Albumen print
5 3/8 x 6 13/16 in. (13.7 x 17.3 cm)
 
 
Lewis Wickes Hine
American, 1874­1940
Italian Family Looking for Lost Baggage, Ellis Island, New York,+ 1905
Gelatin silver print
9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (23.5 x 16.5 cm)
 
Italian Immigrant, East Side, New York City,+ 1910 (pl. 108)
Gelatin silver print
4 7/8 x 6 13/16 in. (12.4 x 17.3 cm)
 
A Waif in Orphan Asylum near Pittsburgh,+ 1910
Gelatin silver print
7 x 5 in. (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
 
Empire State Building Construction,* 1931 (pl. 148)
Gelatin silver print
3 3/4 x 4 3/8 in. (9.5 x 11.1 cm)
 
 
Morris Huberland
American, born 1909
Bonwit Teller, Fifth Avenue, New York City,+ ca. 1950 (pl. 160)
Gelatin silver print
7 1/2 x 8 15/16 in. (19.1 x 22.7 cm)
 
 
Louis-Adolphe Humbert de Molard
French, 1800­1874
Untitled [Men Dressing a Hog],* ca. 1846
Paper negative
9 x 7 1/4 in. (22.9 x 18.4 cm)
 
Untitled [Two Men Sitting under a Pergola],* ca. 1847 (pl. 3)
Paper negative
9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (24.1 x 18.1 cm)
 
 
William Henry Jackson
American, 1843­1942
Pulpit Rock, Echo Canyon, Utah,+ ca. 1869 (pl. 100)
Albumen print from a glass negative
7 x 9 3/8 in. (17.8 x 23.8 cm)
 
Leadville,+ ca. 1880 (pl. 104)
Albumen print from a glass negative
17 1/4 x 21 3/8 in. (43.8 x 54.3 cm)
 
 
Thomas Johnson
American, active 1860s
Inclined Plane,* ca. 1865 (pl. 94)
Albumen print from a glass negative
12 1/8 x 16 1/16 in. (30.8 x 40.8 cm)
 
 
Calvert Richard Jones
Welsh, 1802­1877
Colosseum, Rome, Second View,+ 1846 (pl. 24)
Salt print
7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (19.7 x 24.8 cm)
 
Street Scene in Valetta, Malta,+ 1846 (pl. 47)
Salt print from a paper negative
8 5/16 x 5 15/16 in. (21.1 x 15.1 cm)
 
Street Scene in Valetta, Malta,+ 1846 (pl. 48)
Paper negative
8 5/16 x 5 15/16 in. (21.1 x 15.1 cm)
 
 
André Kertész
American, born Hungary, 1894­1985
Wine Cellars at Budafok, Hungary,+ 1919 (pl. 21)
Gelatin silver print
1 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (3.8 x 5.4 cm)
 
Rue Vavin, Paris,+ 1925 (pl. 169)
Gelatin silver print
9 15/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25.2 x 20 cm)
 
 
William Klein
American, born 1928
Xmas Shopping near Macy's, New York,+ 1954, printed 1956 (pl. 195)
Gelatin silver print
11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (29.8 x 40 cm)
 
Entrance, Ostia Beach, near Rome,* 1956 (pl. 196)
Gelatin silver print
10 7/8 x 14 5/8 in. (27.6 x 37.2 cm)
 
 
Gustav Klutsis
Russian, 1895­1944
We Will Build Our Own New World,* 1930
Gelatin silver print
4 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. (11.8 x 8.6 cm)
 
 
Josef Koudelka
Czech, born 1938
Nitra,+ 1968 (pl. 191)
Gelatin silver print
8 7/16 x 12 13/16 in. (21.5 x 32.5 cm)
 
 
Germaine Krull
Polish, 1897­1985
La Tour Eiffel (The Eiffel Tower),+ ca. 1928 (pl. 166)
Gelatin silver print
9 1/8 x 6 1/16 in. (23.2 x 15.4 cm)
 
 
Heinrich Kühn
Austrian, 1866­1944
Landscape with Boat and Trees,* 1897
Pigment print
5 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (14 x 33.7 cm)
 
Mary and Lotte, Innsbruck-Tyrol,+ 1908 (pl. 115)
Gum-bichromate print
9 1/8 x 11 1/2 in. (23.2 x 29.2 cm)
 
 
Paul Kwilecki
American, born 1928
Ms. Tomlinson in the House of Tomatoes,* 1974 (pl. 219)
Gelatin silver print
12 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (31.8 x 21.9 cm)
 
 
Dorothea Lange
American, 1895­1965
Policeman on Street, San Francisco,* 1934 (pl. 132)
Gelatin silver print
8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (20.6 x 13.3 cm)
 
Filipinos Cutting Lettuce, Salinas Valley, California,* 1935 (pl. 134)
Gelatin silver print
7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (19.7 x 24.1 cm)
 
Tractored Out, Childress County, Texas,+ 1938 (pl. 133)
Gelatin silver print
9 15/16 x 13 in. (25.2 x 33 cm)
 
 
Jacques Henri Lartigue
French, 1894­1986
Ladies Promenading, Bois de Boulogne,+ 1915 (pl. 9)
Gelatin silver print
4 1/2 x 4 15/16 in. (11.4 x 12.5 cm)
 
Renée Perle, Leaning on Motorcar, Le Mans,+ ca. 1930­32
Gelatin silver print
3 1/4 x 5 in. (8.3 x 12.7 cm)
 
 
Clarence John Laughlin
American, 1905­1985
The Oak Arch, Woodlawn Plantation,+ 1945 (pl. 11)
Gelatin silver print
14 5/16 x 18 7/8 in. (36.4 x 47.9 cm)
 
 
Gustave Le Gray
French, 1820­1882
Maneuvers, Camp de Châlons,= 1857 (pl. 68)
Albumen print from a glass negative
11 5/8 x 13 7/16 in. (29.5 x 34.1 cm)
 
The Steamer Said, Sète,= 1857 (pl. 67)
Albumen print from a glass negative
9 1/2 x 15 13/16 in. (24.1 x 40.2 cm)
 
 
Henri Jean-Louis Le Secq
French, 1818­1882
La Maison des Musiciens à Rheims (The Musicians' House, Reims,+ 1851
Salt print from a paper negative
10 x 6 3/4 in. (25.4 x 17.2 cm)
 
Untitled [Study of Chartres Cathedral],* 1852 (pl. 43)
Salt print
13 7/16 x 8 7/8 in. (34.1 x 22.5 cm)
 
 
Helen Levitt
American, born 1918
New York,* ca. 1939 (pl. 158)
Gelatin silver print
3 1/4 x 2 1/8 in. (8.3 x 5.4 cm)
 
New York,+ 1939 (pl. 159)
Gelatin silver print
5 15/16 x 8 13/16 in. (15.1 x 22.4 cm)
 
New York,+ 1939 (pl. 18)
Gelatin silver print
9 x 5 15/16 in. (22.9 x 15.1 cm)
 
New York,* ca. 1942 (pl. 157)
Gelatin silver print
6 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (16.8 x 24.1 cm)
 
 
El Lissitzky
Russian, 1890­1941
Der Läufer (Rekord) (The Runner [Record]),* ca. 1926
Gelatin silver print
4 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. (12.1 x 9.8 cm)
 
Design for SSSR na stroike (USSR under Construction),* ca. 1930 (pl. 175)
Gelatin silver print
10 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (27 x 18.1 cm)
 
 
Danny Lyon
American, born 1942
Untitled, from the series The Destruction of Lower Manhattan,+ 1968 (pl. 218)
Gelatin silver print
7 7/16 x 7 7/16 in. (18.9 x 18.9 cm)
 
 
Dora Maar
French, 1907­1997
Le simulateur (The Pretender),+ 1936 (pl. 180)
Gelatin silver print
11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm)
 
 
Robert MacPherson
Scottish, 1811­1872
The Campagna near Rome,* 1850s
Albumen print
8 11/16 x 15 3/8 in. (22.1 x 39.1 cm)
 
Teatro di Marcello a Roma (Theater of Marcellus in Rome),* ca. 1859
Albumen print
15 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. (40 x 27.6 cm)
 
Rocca Pia, Tivoli,+ ca. 1860 (pl. 73)
Albumen print
12 1/16 x 15 3/8 in. (30.6 x 39.1 cm)
 
 
Man Ray
American, 1890­1976
Untitled, from the film Emak Bakia,* 1926 (pl. 173)
Gelatin silver print
5 1/4 x 6 in. (13.3 x 15.2 cm)
 
Mannequin de Man Ray (Man Ray's Mannequin),* 1938
Gelatin silver print
9 1/8 x 6 5/8 in. (23.2 x 16.8 cm)
 
 
Werner Mantz
German, 1901­1983
Siedlung Köln-Kalkerfeld, Wohnblöcke in der Heidelberger Strasse (Cologne-Kalkerfeld Housing Project, Residential Blocks on Heidelberger Strasse),* 1930 (pl. 171)
Gelatin silver print
15 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (38.7 x 28.9 cm)
 
 
Charles Marville
French, 1816­1879
Bois de Boulogne,* ca. 1853­58 (pl. 57)
Albumen print from a paper negative
13 13/16 x 10 5/16 in. (35.1 x 26.2 cm)
 
Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève. Vue prise vers l'église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. À droite, la rue de l'École-Polytechnique (Rue de Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève. View Taken toward the Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. On the Right, the rue de l'École-Polytechnique),* 1868 (pl. 56)
Albumen print
11 3/8 x 10 7/16 in. (28.9 x 26.5 cm)
 
 
Gordon Matta-Clark
American, 1943­1978
New York City, from the project Wallspaper,* 1972 (pl. 217)
Gelatin silver print
16 x 22 7/8 in. (40.6 x 58.1 cm)
 
 
Ralph Eugene Meatyard
American, 1925­1972
Lucybelle Crater and her charmingly youthful mother-in-law Lucybelle,* ca. 1970­72 (pl. 215)
Gelatin silver print
7 9/16 x 7 5/8 in. (19.2 x 19.4 cm)
 
 
Susan Meiselas
American, born 1948
Lena on the Bally Box, Essex Junction, Vermont, from the series Carnival Strippers,* 1973
Gelatin silver print
8 x 11 7/8 in. (20.3 x 30.2 cm)
 
 
Ray K. Metzker
American, born 1931
Philly Walk,* 1965 (pl. 184)
Gelatin silver prints
Five prints: 17 3/8 x 16 5/16 in. (44.1 x 41.4 cm) overall
 
 
Lee Miller
American, 1907­1977
Walkway, Paris,+ ca. 1929 (pl. 170)
Gelatin silver print
9 x 11 5/8 in. (22.9 x 29.5 cm)
 
 
Lisette Model
American, born Austria, 1901­1983
Fifth Avenue,+ 1950s (pl. 162)
Gelatin silver print
13 9/16 x 10 13/16 in. (34.5 x 27.5 cm)
 
 
Tina Modotti
American, born Italy, 1896­1942
Convent of Tepotzotlán, Mexico,+ 1924 (pl. 141)
Platinum print
4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (11.8 x 9.2 cm)
 
 
László Moholy-Nagy
American, born Hungary, 1894­1946
Helsinki,= 1930 (pl. 181)
Gelatin silver print
15 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (38.4 x 28.6 cm)
 
 
Frederick Monsen
American, born Norway, 1865­1929
Acoma Pueblo,+ ca. 1906
Gelatin silver print
17 1/4 x 23 13/16 in. (43.8 x 60.5 cm)
 
 
Wright Morris
American, 1910­1998
Home Place [Model T Steering Wheel],+ 1947 (pl. 137)
Gelatin silver print
7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (19.7 x 24.5 cm)
 
Untitled [Scythe by Shed],+ 1947 (pl. 138)
Gelatin silver print
7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (19.7 x 24.5 cm)
 
Untitled [Interior through Screen Window],+ ca. 1947 (pl. 139)
Gelatin silver print
9 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (23.8 x 19.7 cm)
 
 
Martin Munkacsi
Hungarian, 1896­1963
Aerial View of Pest,* 1926 (pl. 177)
Gelatin silver print
12 x 8 1/4 in. (30.5 x 21 cm)
 
 
John Murray
Scottish, 1809­1898
Kaiser Pasund, Lucknow,+ 1850s
Paper negative
15 3/8 x 20 7/8 in. (39.1 x 53 cm)
 
Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra,* ca. 1856
Paper negative
14 1/2 x 18 3/16 in. (36.8 x 46.2 cm)
 
 
Eadweard Muybridge
American, born England, 1830­1904
Panorama of San Francisco from California Street Hill,* 1879 (pl. 97)
Albumen prints from glass negatives
Panorama of thirteen prints, each 20 x 15 1/2 in. (50.8 x 39.4 cm)
 
 
Charles Nègre
French, 1820­1880
Arles, remparts romains (Arles, Roman Ramparts),* 1852
Salt print from a paper negative
9 x 12 5/8 in. (22.9 x 32.1 cm)
 
Portrait d'une femme tenant un pot, au 21, quai de Bourbon (Woman Holding a Pot, 21 quai de Bourbon),* 1852 (pl. 45)
Salt print from a paper negative
7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (18.4 x 13 cm)
 
Portrait d'une femme tenant un pot, au 21, quai de Bourbon (Woman Holding a Pot, 21 quai de Bourbon),* 1852 (pl. 46)
Paper negative
7 5/8 x 6 in. (19.4 x 15.2 cm)
 
 
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
American, born Ireland, 1840­1882
Fugitive Negro Family Fording Rappahannock River, near Farquier Court House, Virginia,+ 1862 (pl. 84)
Three albumen prints mounted to board
10 1/16 x 12 in. (25.6 x 30.5 cm) overall
 
Ruins in Ancient Pueblo of San Juan, Colorado,* 1874 (pl. 102)
Albumen print
8 x 10 13/16 in. (20.3 x 27.5 cm)
 
 
Paul Outerbridge
American, 1896­1958
Semi-Abstraction of Columbus Circle, New York,* 1923 (pl. 152)
Gelatin silver print
4 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. (10.5 x 12.4 cm)
 
Stores for Rent,+ 1923
Platinum print
4 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (11.4 x 9.2 cm)
 
 
Bill Owens
American, born 1938
4th of July Parade, Livermore, California,* 1970s (pl. 220)
Gelatin silver print
8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm)
 
 
Gordon Parks
American, born 1912
Emerging Man,* 1952 (pl. 190)
Gelatin silver print
13 7/16 x 10 11/16 in. (34.1 x 27.2 cm)
 
 
William Herman Rau
American, 1855­1920
Bellwood Station, Pennsylvania Railroad,+ ca. 1885 (pl. 93)
Platinum print
17 1/2 x 21 1/8 in. (44.5 x 53.7 cm)
 
South Plainfield Cold Storage, Capacity 100,000 Tons,* 1890
Albumen print
17 1/8 x 20 1/2 in. (43.5 x 52.1 cm)
 
 
Henri-Victor Regnault
French, 1810­1878
Old House at Sèvres,+ ca. 1851 (pl. 55)
Salt print from a paper negative
9 x 7 1/2 in. (22.9 x 19.1 cm)
 
Untitled [View of Sèvres in Snow],* ca. 1852
Salt print from a paper negative
13 x 17 1/8 in. (33 x 43.5 cm)
 
 
André Philippe Alfred Regnier
French, active 1850s­1860s
Château de Moncontour,+ ca. 1858 (pl. 7)
Albumen print from a paper negative
14 3/8 x 18 7/8 in. (36.5 x 47.9 cm)
 
 
Albert Renger-Patzsch
German, 1897­1966
Essen-Bergeborbeck, from the series Ruhrgebiet-Landschaften (Ruhrgebiet Landscapes),* 1929
Gelatin silver print
6 5/8 x 9 in. (16.8 x 22.9 cm)
 
Vorstadt von Essen (Suburb of Essen), from the series Ruhrgebiet-Landschaften (Ruhrgebiet Landscapes),* 1931 (pl. 8)
Gelatin silver print
8 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (22.5 x 16.8 cm)
 
 
Jacob August Riis
American, 1849­1914
Shooting Craps: The Game of the Street. Bootblacks and Newsboys,+ ca. 1895, printed ca. 1946 (pl. 107)
Gelatin silver print
7 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. (20 x 24.8 cm)
 
 
Alexander Rodchenko
Russian, 1891­1956
Courtyard,+ ca. 1928­30 (pl. 168)
Gelatin silver print
5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (13.7 x 8.6 cm)
 
Sawmill Worker,* 1930 (pl. 167)
Gelatin silver print
9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (24.5 x 18.1 cm)
 
Winter, Teatralnaia Square,* 1931
Gelatin silver print
8 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. (22.5 x 29.9 cm)
 
Pushkin Square,* 1932 (pl. 13)
Gelatin silver print
11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (29.9 x 24.1 cm)
 
 
Arthur Rothstein
American, 1915­1985
Soil Erosion, Alabama,+ 1937 (pl. 136)
Gelatin silver print
10 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. (26.4 x 34.3 cm)
 
 
Andrew Joseph Russell
American, 1830­1902
Untitled [Railroad Bridge, Civil War],* 1861 (pl. 88)
Albumen print
11 7/8 x 15 5/8 in. (30.2 x 39.7 cm)
 
 
J. F. Ryder
American, 1826­1904
Untitled [Train Tracks],* 1862 (pl. 99)
Albumen print
7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (19 x 23.5 cm)
 
 
Erich Salomon
German, 1886­1944
Hague Conference,* 1930 (pl. 182)
Gelatin silver print
4 1/4 x 6 in. (10.8 x 15.2 cm)
 
 
Auguste Salzmann
French, 1824­1872
Jérusalem, Vallée de Hinnom, Retraite des Apôtres (Jerusalem: Valley of Hinnom, Refuge of the Apostles),* 1853
Salt print from a paper negative
9 1/4 x 13 in. (23.5 x 33 cm)
 
Jérusalem, Vallée de Josaphat, Tombeau de Saint-Jacques (Jerusalem: Valley of Jehoshaphat, Tomb of Saint James),+ ca. 1854­56 (pl. 77)
Salt print from a paper negative
9 3/16 x 12 11/16 in. (23.3 x 32.2 cm)
 
 
August Sander
German, 1876­1964
Der Arzt (The Doctor) [Carl Robert Schlayer],* 1929
Gelatin silver print
9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (23.5 x 15.9 cm)
 
 
Trudpert Schneider and Soehne Ehrenstetten
German, active 1840s
Untitled [Workyard behind a Royal Residence],* ca. 1840 (pl. 35)
Stereo daguerreotype
2 5/8 x 1 13/16 in. (6.7 x 4.6 cm)
 
 
George Henry Seeley
American, 1880­1955
Untitled [Winter Landscape],* 1917 (pl. 116)
Gelatin silver print
9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (24.5 x 19.4 cm)
 
 
Ben Shahn
American, born Lithuania, 1898­1969
Street Scene, Marysville, Ohio,+ 1938 (pl. 135)
Gelatin silver print
6 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (16.2 x 24.5 cm)
 
 
Charles Sheeler
American, 1883­1965
Side of White Barn,* 1917 (pl. 143)
Gelatin silver print
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
 
 
Camille-Léon-Louis Silvy
French, 1834­1910
Orléans House, Fête Champêtre [Cover Page],^ 1864
Albumen print
8 7/16 x 9 5/8 in. (21.4 x 24.5 cm)
 
Orléans House, Fête Champêtre [Page One],^ 1864
Albumen print
4 x 6 7/8 in. (10.2 x 17.5 cm)
 
Orléans House, Fête Champêtre [Page Four],^ 1864 (pl. 49)
Albumen print
3 15/16 x 6 9/16 in. (10 x 16.7 cm)
 
Orléans House, Fête Champêtre [Page Seven],^ 1864
Albumen print
4 3/16 x 6 11/16 in. (10.6 x 17 cm)
 
Orléans House, Fête Champêtre [Page Eight],^ 1864
Albumen print
3 15/16 x 6 7/8 in. (10 x 17.5 cm)
 
Orléans House, Fête Champêtre [Page Twelve],^ 1864
Albumen print
4 1/16 x 6 7/8 in. (10.3 x 17.5 cm)
 
 
Art Sinsabaugh
American, 1924­1983
Midwest Landscape #60,+ 1961 (pl. 146)
Gelatin silver print
4 5/8 x 19 3/8 in. (11.8 x 49.2 cm)
 
 
W. Eugene Smith
American, 1918­1978
Dance of the Flaming Coke, from the essay Pittsburgh,* 1955 (pl. 188)
Gelatin silver print
8 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (22.2 x 34.9 cm)
 
 
Peter Stackpole
American, 1913­1997
Golden Gate Bridge,* 1935 (pl. 147)
Gelatin silver print
5 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (14.9 x 22.5 cm)
 
 
Anton Stankowski
German, 1906­1998
Untitled [Front Page of Advertisement for Zurich Coal],* 1931
Gelatin silver print
4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (10.8 x 15.9 cm)
 
 
Edward Steichen
American, born Luxembourg, 1879­1973
Rock Hill, Oyster Bay, Long Island,* 1920 (pl. 117)
Gelatin silver print
3 9/16 x 4 9/16 in. (9.1 x 11.6 cm)
 
Untitled [Rockefeller Center Montage],* 1932 (pl. 156)
Gelatin silver print
9 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.2 x 19.1 cm)
 
 
Ralph Steiner
American, 1899­1986
Untitled (Clothesline),+ 1923, printed 1930
Gelatin silver print
5 x 4 in. (12.7 x 10.2 cm)
 
Bank of New York,+ ca. 1926
Gelatin silver print
9 9/16 x 7 5/8 in. (24.3 x 19.4 cm)
 
 
Louis Stettner
American, born 1922
Irene,+ 1952 (pl. 201)
Gelatin silver print
9 x 13 5/8 in. (22.9 x 34.6 cm)
 
 
Alfred Stieglitz
American, 1864­1946
From My Window at the Shelton, West,+ 1931 (pl. 10)
Gelatin silver print
9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (25.1 x 19.7 cm)
 
 
William James Stillman
American, 1828­1901
Untitled [Part of Frieze of the Parthenon],= ca. 1868­69 (pl. 2)
Carbon print
17 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. (44.1 x 36.5 cm)
 
 
Paul Strand
American, 1890­1976
Buttress, Ranchos de Taos Church, New Mexico,+ 1932
Platinum print
6 x 4 5/8 in. (15.2 x 11.8 cm)
 
Barn, Gaspé,* 1936 (pl. 142)
Gelatin silver print
4 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (11.9 x 14.9 cm)
 
Village, Gaspé,+ 1936 (pl. 15)
Gelatin silver print
4 11/16 x 5 15/16 in. (11.9 x 15.1 cm)
 
 
Karl Struss
American, 1886­1981
Lower New York (from Brooklyn Bridge),+ 1912 (pl. 221)
Platinum print
8 1/2 x 7 in. (21.6 x 17.8 cm)
 
 
Josef Sudek
Czech, 1896­1976
Untitled [Street Vendors],* ca. 1924­26 (pl. 122)
Gelatin silver print
8 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (22.5 x 27.6 cm)
 
 
Thomas Sutton
British, 1819­1875
Souvenir of Jersey,* 1854 (pl. 44)
Salt print from a paper negative
8 7/16 x 10 7/8 in. (21.4 x 27.6 cm)
 
 
Maurice Tabard
French, 1897­1984
Untitled [Montage],* 1929
Gelatin silver print
9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in. (23.5 x 17.5 cm)
 
 
Isaiah West Taber
American, 1830­1912
Chinese Accountant, Chinatown, San Francisco, California,* ca. 1880 (pl. 106)
Albumen print
7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (18.4 x 24.1 cm)
 
 
William Henry Fox Talbot
British, 1800­1877
Oxford, High Street,= 1843 (pl. 14)
Salt print from a paper negative
7 3/8 x 6 13/16 in. (18.7 x 17.3 cm)
 
Paris,= 1843 (pl. 38)
Salt print from a paper negative
6 5/8 x 6 13/16 in. (16.8 x 17.3 cm)
 
Abbotsford Gate,* 1844 (pl. 39)
Salt print from a paper negative
6 1/2 x 8 3/16 in. (16.5 x 20.8 cm)
 
Gate of Christchurch,* ca. 1844­46 (pl. 37)
Salt print from a paper negative
6 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (16.8 x 19.7 cm)
 
 
Adolphe Terris
French, 1820­1900
Vue des chantiers prise du débouché de la rue de l'Imperatrice sur la place centrale, Marseille (View of Construction Taken at the Outlet of rue de l'Imperatrice in Central Marseille),+ 1863
Albumen print from a glass negative
15 13/16 x 14 1/4 in. (40.2 x 36.2 cm)
 
 
Félix Teynard
French, 1817­1892
Amadah-vue générale des ruines (Amadah-General View of the Ruins), from the album Égypte et Nubie: Sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire (Egypt and Nubia: The Most Interesting Sites and Monuments for the Study of Art and History),* ca. 1851­52, printed ca. 1853­54
Salt print from a paper negative
9 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. (24.1 x 30.8 cm)
 
Esneh-dattiers, sycomore et café sur le bord du Nîl (Esneh-Date Palms, a Sycamore Tree, and a Café on the Bank of the Nile), from the album Égypte et Nubie: Sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire (Egypt and Nubia: The Most Interesting Sites and Monuments for the Study of Art and History),* ca. 1851­52, printed ca. 1853­54
Salt print from a paper negative
9 3/8 x 12 1/8 in. (23.8 x 30.8 cm)
 
Karnak (Thèbes)-premier pylône-ruines de la porte et des colosses, vues du point E (Karnak [Thebes]-First Pylon-Ruins of the Gate and the Colossi Seen from Point E), from the album Égypte et Nubie: Sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire (Egypt and Nubia: The Most Interesting Sites and Monuments for the Study of Art and History),* ca. 1851­52, printed ca. 1853­54 (pl. 74)
Salt print from a paper negative
9 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. (24.5 x 30.8 cm)
 
 
Félix Thiollier
French, 1842­1914
Untitled [Émile Noiret, Painting by a Stream],* 1880s (pl. 6)
Gelatin silver print
11 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (29.2 x 40 cm)
 
 
John Thomson
Scottish, 1837­1921
Public Disinfectors,* ca. 1877­78 (pl. 110)
Woodburytype
4 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (11.7 x 9.2 cm)
 
Workers on the "Silent Highway,"* ca. 1877­78 (pl. 109)
Woodburytype
4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 8.9 cm)
 
 
Linnaeus Tripe
British, 1822­1902
Madura. Blackburn Testimonial,= 1858 (pl. 61)
Salt print from a paper negative
10 3/8 x 13 9/16 in. (26.4 x 34.5 cm)
 
 
Benjamin Brecknell Turner
British, 1815­1894
Ludlow,+ ca. 1852­54 (pl. 25)
Paper negative
11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (29.9 x 40 cm)
 
Ludlow,+ ca. 1852­54
Albumen print from a paper negative
11 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (28.6 x 36.8 cm)
 
 
Umbo (Otto Umbehr)
German, 1902­1980
Potsdamer Platz, Berlin,+ 1935 (pl. 176)
Gelatin silver print
8 15/16 x 8 15/16 in. (22.7 x 22.7 cm)
 
Ob's reicht? (Will It Be Enough?),* 1940s (pl. 32)
Gelatin silver print
11 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. (29.9 x 20.6 cm)
 
 
Unknown Artists
American
Untitled [Ambrotype Studio],* ca. 1840 (pl. 81)
Ambrotype
3 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (8.9 x 12.1 cm)
 
Untitled [Man and Horse],* ca. 1850 (pl. 83)
Ambrotype
2 1/8 x 2 5/8 in. (5.4 x 6.7 cm)
 
Untitled [American Farm Landscape],* 1850s (pl. 80)
Daguerreotype
5 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (13.3 x 18.4 cm)
 
Untitled [Crystal Palace, Main Gallery],* 1850s (pl. 36)
Stereo daguerreotype
2 11/16 x 2 5/16 in. (6.8 x 5.87 cm)
 
Untitled [African American Woman with Two White Children],* ca. 1860 (pl. 82)
Ambrotype
2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (6.4 x 8.9 cm)
 
Untitled [Family in Front of a Farm House],+ ca. 1870 (pl. 91)
Tintype
6 7/8 x 9 in. (17.5 x 22.9 cm)
 
Untitled [Two Men Posing in Front of Niagara Falls, View of the Canadian Side],+ ca. 1870 (pl. 90)
Ambrotype
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
 
Untitled [Woman Dressing],* ca. 1900 (pl. 118)
Gelatin silver print
3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (9.5 x 11.4 cm)
 
 
Unknown Artist
British
Muddin Mahal, Jubulpur,+ ca. 1870s (pl. 78)
Albumen print from a glass negative
9 1/16 x 11 5/16 in. (23 x 28.7 cm)
 
 
Unknown Artists
French
Untitled [Château de Goulaine],* ca. 1840 (pl. 34)
Daguerreotype
5 1/2 x 6 in. (14 x 15.2 cm)
 
Untitled [Nantes, View of the Place de la Petite Hollande],* ca. 1840
Daguerreotype
6 1/2 x 8 in. (16.5 x 20.3 cm)
 
 
Roman Vishniac
American, born Russia, 1897­1990
Entrance to the Old Ghetto, Kraków,+ 1937 (pl. 187)
Gelatin silver print
9 15/16 x 7 11/16 in. (25.2 x 19.5 cm)
 
 
Adam Clark Vroman
American, 1856­1916
Hopi Mesa,+ ca. 1897 (pl. 103)
Gelatin silver print
5 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (13.3 x 19.4 cm)
 
Hopi Woman Grinding Corn,+ ca. 1897 (pl. 105)
Gelatin silver print
4 9/16 x 6 9/16 in. (11.6 x 16.7 cm)
 
 
Carleton E. Watkins
American, 1829­1916
The Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill,+ ca. 1868
Mammoth-plate albumen print
15 3/4 x 20 5/8 in. (40 x 52.4 cm)
 
New Tacoma, Washington, Puget Sound,+ 1882
Mammoth-plate albumen print
14 7/8 x 20 15/16 in. (37.8 x 53.2 cm)
 
Spokane Falls,+ 1882 (pl. 95)
Mammoth-plate albumen print
14 5/8 x 21 1/16 in. (37.2 x 53.5 cm)
 
 
Weegee (Arthur H. Fellig)
American, born Poland, 1899­1968
Woman, New Jersey Nudist Camp,* ca. 1960 (pl. 210)
Gelatin silver negative print
8 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. (22.5 x 18.4 cm)
 
 
Dan Weiner
American, 1919­1959
Teenage Party, Greenville, South Carolina,+ 1957 (pl. 200)
Gelatin silver print
9 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. (23.2 x 34.3 cm)
 
 
Jack Warren Welpott
American, born 1923
The Farmer Twins, Stinesville, Indiana,* 1959 (pl. 199)
Gelatin silver print
7 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. (19.4 x 23.8 cm)
 
 
Henry Wessel Jr.
American, born 1942
Buena Vista, Colorado,+ 1973 (pl. 211)
Gelatin silver print
10 x 14 7/8 in. (25.4 x 37.8 cm)
 
 
Edward Weston
American, 1886­1958
Legs in Hammock, Laguna,* 1937
Gelatin silver print
7 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (19.4 x 24.5 cm)
 
 
Clarence H. White
American, 1871­1925
Stella and Homer Hobson, Ringling Brothers Circus,* ca. 1905
Platinum print
9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (24.1 x 19.4 cm)
 
Nude and Baby,* 1912 (pl. 119)
Platinum print
7 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (19.4 x 24.3 cm)
 
 
Henry White
British, 1819­1903
Untitled [Country Cottage with Couple],+ 1856 (pl. 50)
Albumenized salt print from a glass negative
7 13/16 x 9 3/4 in. (19.8 x 24.8 cm)
 
 
Minor White
American, 1908­1976
Vicinity of Dansville, New York,+ 1955 (pl. 12)
Gelatin silver print
7 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (18.7 x 23.8 cm)
 
 
Garry Winogrand
American, 1928­1984
Park Avenue, New York,+ 1959
Gelatin silver print
13 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (33.3 x 22.2 cm)
 
 
Marion Post Wolcott
American, 1910­1990
Woman Packing-House Worker from Tennessee with Three of Her Four Children, Eating Supper of Fried Potatoes and Corn Bread, Canned Milk, Belle Glade, Florida,+ 1939
Gelatin silver print
7 7/8 x 7 11/16 in. (20 x 19.5 cm)
 
 
Willard E. Worden
American, 1868­1946
San Francisco Skyline at Night,* 1905
Gelatin silver print
5 3/16 x 9 5/8 in. (13.2 x 24.5 cm)


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