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The Old Post Office & the only Remaining Palmetto Tree in Charleston [S.C.]
Creator
George N. BarnardAmerican Photographer · 1819–1902
All works by this person →One of the first persons to open a daguerreotype studio in the United States, George Barnard set up shop in Oswego, New York. In 1854 he moved his operation to Syracuse, New York, and began using the collodion process, a negative/positive process that allowed for multiple prints, unlike the unique daguerreotype. Along with Timothy O'Sullivan, John Reekie, and Alexander Gardner, Barnard worked for
More on Getty ULANGetty Museum’s catalogue record
- produced_by.carried_out_by[0].id
- https://data.getty.edu/museum/collection/person/9a5d8e96-f250-40c9-bfaf-d7ea8de7ef30
- Artist/Maker
- George N. Barnard
- subject_of[Homepage].id
- https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/106VT2
- Date
- about 1864–1880
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- American
- Object Type
- Stereograph
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A historic building with a dome and columns on a street with palm trees.
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- Object ID
- 05053683-1114-44dd-a938-b6737c687132
- Object Type
- Stereograph
- Getty Museum field “Object Type” · copied as is
- Creator
- George N. Barnard
- Getty Museum field “Artist/Maker” · copied as is
- Culture
- American
- Getty Museum field “Culture” · copied as is
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Getty Museum field “Medium” · copied as is
- Department
- Photographs
- Getty Museum field “Department” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Getty's classification category is stored as department.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Weston J. and Mary M. Naef
- Getty Museum field “Standard Credit Line” · the first available of several museum fields
- Getty Museum field “Source Credit Line” · the first available of several museum fields
- Date
- about 1864–1880
- Getty Museum field “Date” · copied as is
- Begin Year
- 1864
- Getty Museum field “produced_by.timespan.begin_of_the_begin” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field
- End Year
- 1880
- Getty Museum field “produced_by.timespan.end_of_the_end” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field
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The Old Post Office & the only Remaining Palmetto Tree in Charleston [S.C.]
Jul 30, 2026
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