Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse in the U.S.A

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Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse in the U.S.A

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Berenice Abbott

American Photographer · 1898–1991

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> The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective. What I mean by objectivity is not the objectivity of a machine, but of a sensible human being with the mystery of personal selection at the heart of it. The second challenge has been to impose order onto the things seen and to supply the v

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Date: negative 1954; print later
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum
Object ID: 49987b8d-ce03-4cb5-9ade-7ff6b566d027

Old wooden building, with wooden shingled roof. A horse and buggy with riders is parked in front. Next to the building is a sign that says "Oldest/ wooden schoolhouse/ in the U.S.A."

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