Washington Street. [Boston, Nov. 9 and 10, 1872. The Summer Street Fire.]

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Washington Street. [Boston, Nov. 9 and 10, 1872. The Summer Street Fire.]

Creator

James Wallace Black

American Photographer · 1825–1896

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> Look at almost any photograph of a loved friend, and what do you see--nothing but a map, a face, but without soul; and [look at] the advantage the artist has in being able to put that expression in the face which is impossible to do with the camera, and [look at] how the public expects us to do for $5 in fifteen minutes what [a painter]... would charge $500 for doing, and take weeks of study. >

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Date
November 9-10, 1872
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
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