Power House Mechanic Working on Steam Pump by Lewis Hine 1920


Lewis Hine (1874-1940) was a highly educated teacher and photojournalist. He devoted himself to documenting the conditions under which children were made to labour at the beginning of the 20th century, producing thousands of photographs which could be used to argue for political change in the use of child labour…

Autochrome portrait of Charlie Chaplin taken by Charles C. Zoller in 1917

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Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was a British comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the most important figures of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death at age 88, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.

Storydress II by Christine Elfman 2008

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"Storydress II is a series of photographs of a life-size paper mache and plaster sculpture. The dress is made of paper mache stories that I recorded of my great-grandmother’s autobiographical reminiscences. Each photograph contains legible words. The sculpture was photographed with the wet-plate collodion negative process, printed on handmade gold-toned Albumen paper, and burnished onto antique Cabinet Card mounts. For exhibition the cabinet card photographs are displayed using an antique wooden Graphoscope (magnifying device) and shelf."