Gelatin Silver Collection

Cucurbita Karl Blossfeldt German 1865 1932 Berlin
Cucurbita; Karl Blossfeldt (German, 1865 - 1932); Berlin, Germany; 1928; Gelatin silver print; 25.9 × 20.3 cm (10 3, 16 × 8 in.)

Five blacksmiths anvil holding large hammer 1890
Five blacksmiths near an anvil, each holding a large hammer; about 1890; Gelatin silver print

Key Plan Line Canal G Herbert & Horace C Bayley
Key Plan of Line of Canal; G. Herbert & Horace C. Bayley; Manchester, England; 1894; Gelatin silver print; 12.6 × 24.8 cm (4 15, 16 × 9 3, 4 in.)

Invocation-Sioux, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Invocation-Sioux, c1907. Photographs shows a Dakota man, wearing breechcloth, holding pipe, with right hand raised skyward

Haschogan (House God) - The Yebichai Hunchback, 1904 Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Haschogan (House God) - The Yebichai Hunchback, 1904 Photograph shows a Navajo man, half-length, seated, facing front, wearing a ceremonial mask with feathers

Crater Lake, 1923 Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crater Lake, 1923 Photograph shows an American Indian man wearing a headress, seated on a rock overlocking Crater Lake, Oregon

Two Whistles [A]-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Two Whistles [A]-Apsaroke, c1908. Photograph shows Two Whistles, an Apsaroke man, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile, face painted, wearing medicine hawk headdress, buckskin shirt

Havachach weaving (Maricopa Tribe, Arizona), 1907 Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Havachach weaving (Maricopa Tribe, Arizona), 1907 Photograph shows a Maricopa woman, three-quarter-length, seated, facing front, weaving a basket

Blumenbachia hieronymi Loasaceae Karl Blossfeldt
Blumenbachia hieronymi (Loasaceae); Karl Blossfeldt (German, 1865 - 1932); Berlin, Germany; 1932; Gelatin silver print; 15.9 × 20 cm (6 1, 4 × 7 7, 8 in.)

Cattle Laton Alton Huffman American 1854 1931
Cattle; Laton Alton Huffman (American, 1854 - 1931); 1878 - 1905; Gelatin silver print; 24.8 x 59.5 cm (9 3, 4 x 23 7, 16 in.)

Portrait Louise Halevy Lamplight Edgar Degas
Portrait of Louise Halevy by Lamplight; Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917); 1895; Gelatin silver print; 40.3 x 29.5 cm (15 7, 8 x 11 5, 8 in.)

Women Cameras Base Tree Louis Fleckenstein American
Women with Cameras at the Base of a Tree; Louis Fleckenstein (American, 1866 - 1943); about 1900; Gelatin silver print; 20.5 x 25.6 cm (8 1, 16 x 10 1, 16 in.)

Printing House Square N. Y Edward Henry T Anthony & Co
Printing House Square, N.Y; Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, 1862 - 1902); about 1890; Gelatin silver print;

View Niagara Falls Winter Herman F Nielson American
View of Niagara Falls in Winter; Herman F. Nielson (American, active 1883 - early 1900s); Niagara Falls, New York, United States; about 1885; Gelatin silver print; 19.1 x 24.3 cm (7 1, 2 x 9 9)

Pair Nubian three-horned giraffes native German E
Pair of Nubian (three-horned) giraffes, native to German E. Africa, Bronx Park, N.Y; Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - 1940s); about 1907; Gelatin silver print;

Beautiful Venus Gallipede gallery ancient statues
Beautiful Venus of Gallipede, gallery of ancient statues. Museum, Naples, Italy; Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - 1940s); about 1900; Gelatin silver print;

Booker T Washington distinguished guests Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington and distinguished guests, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama; Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - 1940s); April 1906; Gelatin silver print;

Low Grade Crossing Whitford William H Rau American
Low Grade Crossing at Whitford; William H. Rau (American, 1855 - 1920); Whitford, Pennsylvania, United States; 1904; Gelatin silver print; 44 x 54.6 cm (17 5, 16 x 21 1, 2 in.)

La Casa de las Conchas Salamanca Georg Reisner
La Casa de las Conchas, Salamanca; Georg Reisner (German, 1911 - 1940); Salamanca, Spain; about 1937; Gelatin silver print; 24 x 30.3 cm (9 7, 16 x 11 15, 16 in.)

Landscape Trees Louis Fleckenstein American 1866
Landscape with Trees; Louis Fleckenstein (American, 1866 - 1943); about 1920; Gelatin silver print; 34.1 x 25.2 cm (13 7, 16 x 9 15, 16 in.)

J Aenaut Paul Nadar French 1856 1939 1904 Gelatin silver
J. Aenaut; Paul Nadar (French, 1856 - 1939); 1904; Gelatin silver print; 22.5 x 16.7 cm (8 7, 8 x 6 9, 16 in.)

Sadie Pfeiffer Spinner Cotton Mill North Carolina
Sadie Pfeiffer, Spinner in Cotton Mill, North Carolina; Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940); North Carolina, United States; negative 1910; print about 1920s - 1930s; Gelatin silver print; Sheet

Doffer Boys Macon Georgia Lewis W Hine American
Doffer Boys, Macon, Georgia; Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940); Macon, Georgia, United States; January 1909; Gelatin silver print; Sheet: 12.2 x 17.4 cm (4 13, 16 x 6 7, 8 in.)

Residence Early Settler Washington Darius Kinsey
Residence of an Early Settler in Washington; Darius Kinsey (American, 1869 - 1945); Washington, United States; 1901; Gelatin silver print; 27.3 × 35.1 cm (10 3, 4 × 13 13, 16 in.)

Brooklyn Bridge West Great Skyscrapers New York
From Brooklyn Bridge West to Great Skyscrapers, New York City, U.S.A; Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - 1940s); 1902; Gelatin silver print;

Mori Restaurant Berenice Abbott American 1898
Moris Restaurant; Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991); November 21, 1935; Gelatin silver print; 24.6 x 19.4 cm (9 11, 16 x 7 5, 8 in.)

Modern Torso Arnold Genthe American born Germany
Modern Torso; Arnold Genthe (American, born Germany, 1869 - 1942); about 1918; Gelatin silver print; 34.3 x 23.5 cm (13 1, 2 x 9 1, 4 in.)

Chimpanzees man apes Bronx Park New York Underwood & Underwood
Chimpanzees, most man like of the apes, Bronx Park, New York; Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - 1940s); about 1904; Gelatin silver print;

Native American Girl Frederick I Monsen American
Native American Girl; Frederick I. Monsen (American, 1865 - 1929); 1894 - 1906; Gelatin silver print; 33 x 42.9 cm (13 x 16 15, 16 in.)

Uncle Tom Cabin Underwood & Underwood American
Uncle Toms Cabin; Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - 1940s); about 1900; Gelatin silver print;

Place Pigalle Eugene Atget French 1857 1927
Place Pigalle; Eugene Atget (French, 1857 - 1927); Paris, France; 1925; Gelatin silver chloride printing-out paper print; 17.8 x 22.9 cm (7 x 9 in.)

Logging Train Donkeys Wonderful Woods Washington
Logging Train and Donkeys in the Wonderful Woods of Washington; Darius Kinsey (American, 1869 - 1945); Washington, United States; 1908; Gelatin silver print; 27.3 × 34.3 cm (10 3, 4 × 13 1, 2 in.)

Do You love Me Hun? American 1880 1890 Gelatin silver
Do You love Me Hun?; American; about 1880 - 1890; Gelatin silver print;

Salon de Coiffure Hairdresser Shop Eugene Atget
Salon de Coiffure (Hairdressers Shop); Eugene Atget (French, 1857 - 1927); Paris, France; 1926; Gelatin silver chloride printing-out paper print; 18.1 x 22.9 cm (7 1, 8 x 9 in.)

Call I Follow I Follow Let Me Die Julia Margaret
Call I Follow, I Follow, Let Me Die; Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879); Freshwater, Isle of Wight

Man Micrometer Measuring Shaft Thousandth Inch
Man with Micrometer Measuring a Shaft to a Thousandth of an Inch; Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940); United States; about 1920s; Gelatin silver print; 34.6 x 42.2 cm (13 5, 8 x 16 5, 8 in.)

Glass manufacture Tarentum Pa. casting rolling sheets
Glass manufacture, Tarentum, Pa. - casting and rolling sheets of plate glass 12 1, 2 x 21 feet; Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - 1940s); about 1900; Gelatin silver print;

Felling Cedar Tree 30 Miles East Seattle 76 Feet
Felling a Cedar Tree, 30 Miles East of Seattle, 76 Feet in Circumference; Darius Kinsey (American, 1869 - 1945); Washington, United States; 1906; Gelatin silver print; 34.6 × 27 cm (13 5, 8 × 10 5)

Empire State Building New York Lewis W Hine American
Empire State Building, New York; Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940); New York, New York, United States; 1931; Gelatin silver print; 24.1 x 19.2 cm (9 1, 2 x 7 9, 16 in.)

Bath Woman Drying Back Edgar Degas French 1834
After the Bath, Woman Drying Her Back; Edgar Degas (French, 1834 - 1917); 1896; Gelatin silver print; 16.5 × 12 cm (6 1, 2 × 4 11, 16 in.)

Evolution sickle flail 33 horse harvester Walla Walla
Evolution of the sickle and flail - 33 horse harvester at Walla Walla, Washington; Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - 1940s); about 1900; Gelatin silver print;

Rejected Swell American 1880 1890 Gelatin silver
Rejected Swell; American; about 1880 - 1890; Gelatin silver print;

Pont Neuf Eugene Atget French 1857 1927 1923
The Pont Neuf; Eugene Atget (French, 1857 - 1927); 1923; Gelatin silver chloride printing-out paper print; 17.9 x 22.9 cm (7 1, 16 x 9 in.)

Street Fair Fete du Trone Eugene Atget French
Street Fair (Fete du Trone); Eugene Atget (French, 1857 - 1927), and Berenice Abbott (American, 1898 - 1991); Paris, France; negative 1925; print about 1950; Gelatin silver print; 15.9 x 22.7 cm

Every Kiss Sting American 1880 1890 Gelatin silver
Every Kiss has its Sting; American; about 1880 - 1890; Gelatin silver print;

Makarevsky Retreat Sower Karl Karlovitz Bulla
Makarevsky Retreat, Sower; Karl Karlovitz Bulla (Russian, 1854 - 1929); 1913; Gelatin silver print; 19.5 x 16.2 cm (7 11, 16 x 6 3, 8 in.)

Makarevsky Retreat Group priests Karl Karlovitz
Makarevsky Retreat, Group of priests; Karl Karlovitz Bulla (Russian, 1854 - 1929); 1913; Gelatin silver print; 16.8 x 22.5 cm (6 5, 8 x 8 7, 8 in.)

Steamfitter Mechanic Steam Pump Lewis W Hine
Steamfitter, or Mechanic and Steam Pump; Lewis W. Hine (American, 1874 - 1940); United States; negative 1921; print later; Gelatin silver print; 24.4 x 17.8 cm (9 5, 8 x 7 in.)

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"Gelatin Silver: A Captivating Glimpse into History and Art" Step back in time to the year 1890, where the rhythmic clang of five blacksmiths' anvils resonates through the air, each holding a large hammer with skilled precision. This iconic image captures the essence of craftsmanship and strength. Unlocking another treasure trove of history, we find ourselves immersed in a key plan line canal by G. Herbert & Horace C. Bayley. The intricate details showcase their meticulous planning and engineering prowess, transporting us to an era when canals were lifelines for trade and transportation. Moving on to nature's delicate beauty, Karl Blossfeldt's lens transports us to the enchanting world of Blumenbachia hieronymi Loasaceae. Each petal seems to whisper secrets as it unfurls under his expert gaze, revealing Mother Nature's artistry at its finest. Alton Huffman takes center stage next with his captivating photograph titled "Cattle Laton. " Through his lens, he immortalizes American life from 1854-1931 - a snapshot frozen in time that tells tales of hard work and resilience etched onto every cowboy's face. Shifting our focus indoors, Edgar Degas paints an intimate portrait titled "Louise Halevy Lamplight. " Bathed in warm hues emanating from flickering candles, Louise exudes grace and elegance while capturing Degas' mastery at capturing human emotion through brushstrokes. Enter Louis Fleckenstein - an American woman armed with her trusty camera amidst towering trees. Her lens becomes a window into her perspective as she explores landscapes unknown; women like her paved the way for future generations behind cameras worldwide. Edward Henry T Anthony & Co. 's Printing House Square N. Y beckons us next - a bustling hub where photographs come alive on paper. Witnessing this process is akin to witnessing magic unfold before our eyes, as images are immortalized through the gelatin silver process.