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A work made of gelatin silver print.

Screaming Child, Sestham Street 4657, 1956

Roger Mayne

Black-and-white photograph of two iconic skyscrapers in New York City, the Chrysler Building and the Daily News Building. The angles of the building intersect and light and shadow play off the windows of a building in the foreground.

Contrasting No. 331 East 39th Street with Chrysler Building and Daily News Building, Manhattan, November 9, 1938

Berenice Abbott

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Sun Rays—Paula, Berlin, 1889, printed 1920/39

Alfred Stieglitz

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Loop: Chicago, 1958

Ray Krueger Metzker

Sepia-colored, blurry photo of a grim-faced man in a flat-topped hat posing next to a cannon. A small, blurred figure sits on top of the cannon while another figure, in uniform with a rifle at his side, stands at left.

The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846, 1846

David Octavius Hill

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Icy Road US 77 Near Brookings, in Eastern South Dakota, January 1948

John Vachon

A work made of fifteen silver gelatin prints.

Pitheads–Perspective Views, 1981

Bernd and Hilla Becher

A dark photograph of silhouettes dancing in a large room. There are two figures in motion at the center, while others congregate around the edges of the photograph’s frame.

Dancers, New York, 1956, printed 1982

Roy DeCarava

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Blind boy who lost his arms during the war has learned to read with his lips, Rome, c. 1948

David Seymour

A work made of chromogenic prints (12).

Twelve Photographs, 1976

Stephen Shore

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Rebecca Salsbury Strand, 1922

Alfred Stieglitz

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Dog Scratches, from the series "Immediate Family", 1991

Sally Mann

A work made of dye imbibition print.

Frozen Foods with String Beans, New York, 1977, printed 1993

Irving Penn

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, August 1955, printed 1979

Richard Avedon

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Little Girl Holding Cup, 1931/56

David Seymour

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Nude Bent Forward, Paris, c. 1930

Lee Miller

A work made of typescript papers, correspondence, printed papers, photocopies, drawings, scrapbooks, black and white photographs and black and white negatives..

Carson Pirie Scott Collection, 1857-c.2000

Louis H. Sullivan

A work made of gelatin silver print.

The Flatiron, 1903, printed 1920/39

Alfred Stieglitz

Gold porcelain vase with flowers, birds, profile heads on handles

Artichoke, Halved, 1930, printed 1953/54

Edward Weston

Black-and-white photograph of four brown-skinned figures. A woman in a white wedding dress and veil is seated in the center, holding a bouquet of flowers. She is flanked by two standing men wearing tuxedos, and one standing woman who wears an elaborate dress and holding flowers. The painted backdrop is a faux classical scene, with an arch and a fake window.

Wedding Party of Four, 1927

James VanDerZee

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