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Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and architectural interiors. While away

1912·Source: loc·View original ↗·Public Domain
Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and architectural interiors. While away, 1912 (Library of Congress)
Early years, with images of family, self portraits, landscapes and architectural interiors. While away, 1912 (Library of Congress)
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3 photographic prints on album page : gelatin silver, sulfur toned.


This album page holds three gelatin silver prints, sulfur toned, by Samuel H. Gottscho from 1912. The record describes them as early years work showing family images, self portraits, landscapes, and architectural interiors, with the note "while away."

No further detail about the circumstances, locations, or subjects is provided. The archive does not specify where Gottscho was when he made these photographs, who appears in the family images, or which buildings or landscapes he documented. The record preserves only that these prints represent an early period in his photographic work.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.


Gelatin Silver Prints

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