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As It Happened: Photographs from the Gilman Paper Company Collection
The Great Man Has Fallen, May 1856
Robert H. Vance (American, died 1876)
Daguerreotype; 13.5 x 18.8 cm (5 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Lent by the Gilman Paper Company Collection
The Ascent of Mont Blanc, 1861
Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (French, 1826–1900)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 39.6 x 23.6 cm (15 9/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
The Lincoln Funeral Train, Philadelphia, April 22–24, 1865
Charles L. Phillippi (American, active 1861–1874)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 24 x 33.8 cm (9 7/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
Nijinsky in "Danse siamoise" from the "Orientales," June 19, 1910
Eugène Druet (French, 1868–1917)
Gelatin silver print; 20.3 x 14.7 cm (8 x 5 13/16 in.)
The Grand Prix of the A.C.F., 1913
Jaques Henri Lartigue (French, 1894–1986)
Gelatin silver print; 11.5 x 17.1 cm (4 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)
Fun during Coffee Break, 1932
Martin Munkacsi (American, born Hungary, 1896–1963)
Gelatin silver print; 29.4 x 23.5 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Falling Loyalist Soldier, Cerro Muriano, Spain, September 5, 1936
Robert Capa (American, born Hungary, 1913–1954)
Gelatin silver print; 24.7 x 34 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.)