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East of the Mississippi: Nineteenth-century American Landscape Photography

Hugh Lee Pattinson, Horseshoe Falls, 1840, daguerreotype, Robinson Library, Newcastle University, England

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Samuel A. Bemis, Crawford Notch and Hotel, White Mountains, New Hampshire, 1840–1842, daguerreotype, Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005 (2005.100.207)

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John Moran, Blackberry Bushes, 1862, albumen print, Collection of William L. Schaeffer

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Charles Bierstadt and Edward Bierstadt, The Cathedral, White Mountains, New Hampshire, c. 1860, albumen print, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.250

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Jay Dearborn Edwards, Steamer Princess, 1858–1859, salted paper print, The Historic New Orleans Collection

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Thomas M. Easterly, Big Mound during Destruction, the Last of the Big Mound, 1869, daguerreotype, Missouri Historical Society, Saint Louis, Thomas Easterly Daguerreotype Collection

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Andrew J. Russell, Rebel Rifle Pits, Bull Run, 1863, albumen print, Stephen G. Stein Employee Benefit Trust

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George N. Barnard, Battle Ground of Resacca, Ga., No. 2, 1866, albumen print from Photographic Views of Sherman’s Campaign (New York, 1866), The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Acquired by exchange with the Library of Congress

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James F. Ryder, Atlantic & Great Western Railway, 1862, albumen print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons’ Permanent Fund

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George Kendall Warren, From Trophy Point, West Point, Hudson River, c. 1867–1868, albumen print, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Robert Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund

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Henry Peter Bosse, Construction of Rock and Brush Dam, L[ow]. W[ater]., 1891, cyanotype, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

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George Barker, Niagara Falls, 1886, albumen print, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.3503

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