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Archive: April 2017 (2 Posts)

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

C. M. Bell Studio Collection: Newly Digitized Portraits

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

“…the great success of Mr. Bell is due to his suavity of manner coupled with high artistic ability, and to the gentlemanly deportment observed by his corps of assistants. The rule is, politeness to everybody.” –Photographic Times and American Photographer, Sept. 1, 1883. From the 1870s until the 1910s, tens of thousands of people in …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

Artists Capture the Hell Gate Bridge

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

One month ago, a blog post in Picture This featured photos of New York’s Hell Gate Bridge, marking the centennial of its dedication. Today, I turn my attention to prints and drawings of the Hell Gate in our holdings. These drawings and etchings enable us to look at the bridge through an artist’s eyes. American …