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La Salle Street, Looking North from Monroe Street.
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
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- negative 1871; print 1872
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
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- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
View of the destruction on La Salle Street from Monroe Street after the fire. Piles of rubble and debris cover the ground surrounding an ornately carved archway that remains standing. A horse-drawn carriage can be seen on the street in front of an intact building on the right.
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