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Jack's Narrows
Creator
William H. RauAmerican Publisher · 1855–1920
All works by this person →Having been interested in photography from a young age, William H. Rau received his greatest early career boost from his association with photographer William Bell. Rau married Bell's daughter Louise, also a photographer, and in 1874 Bell secured a position for his nineteen-year-old son-in-law. Rau became the photographer for a United States government expedition traveling around the world to obse
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- about 1905
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- e68dd7c5-89dc-4913-919d-99b56a9f0eb5
View looking eastward at Jacks Narrows, also spelled Jack's Narrows, a deep gorge through which the Juniata River flows. A stretch of railroad track with a signal bridge and a trackside tower can be seen in the center of the image. The image is partially illustrated or retouched in the negative.
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