A spatial interface to twenty essays on the objects and themes of the exhibit as well as the objects and landmarks
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The important landmarks that stood at this important Broadway intersection over time and by site
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A look at the technical processes along with the men and women who made all these cultural commodities in New York
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M.B. Brady’s New Photographic Gallery, corner of Broadway and Tenth Street, New York
From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, [January 5, 1861], 108.
Wood engraving
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Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Brady’s studios, like those of his competitors, featured a central gallery where well-dressed men and women gazed at the visages of the famous, specimens of the photographic artist’s work, along with landscapes and city views, in the familiar setting of a public parlor. Behind the genteel salon stood a series of rooms devoted to various specialized functions of portrait making, from preparing the plates to finishing.
— David Jaffee
