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This preserved scene shows Profile head-and-shoulders portrait of a man. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Alfred Stieglitz, photographer. Photo by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1908.
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This preserved scene shows Two children in a field starting down at a camera. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Francis Lincoln and Lucy Lee with a camera. Photo by Francis Watts Lee, 1915-1920.
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This preserved scene shows Photographers with four cameras capture hippos and a zoo keeper. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: “Pygmy hippo and her new baby before a battery of press cameras,” New York zoo. Photo by A.G. Baumann, 1919.
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This preserved scene shows Woman sitting in front of a stone wall while showing her camera to a group of children. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Toni Frissell, photographer, with children looking at her camera. World War II photo, 1945.
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This preserved scene shows Head-and-shoulders portrait of man posed in front of a flower patterned cloth. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Salvador Dali, artist. Photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1939.
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This preserved scene shows A large movie camera is in the foreground with shelves of books in the background. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: First movie camera in Edison’s office and library, West Orange, New Jersey. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2017.
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This preserved scene shows Woman wearing a large lacy hat holds a camera in front of her with one hand and is ready to release the shutter with her other hand. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Advertisement for Seneca Duo camera. Photo by Rochester Photo Press, 1909.
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This preserved scene shows Interior of artist studio with several complete and incomplete sculptures. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Studio of sculptor Daniel Chester French, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2009.
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This preserved scene shows Three men, a painter and two sculptors, carry their work while fleeing the war zone. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: “Exposition des oeuvres des artistes originaires … École des Beaux-Arts.” World War I poster by Lucien Jonas, 1915.
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This preserved scene shows A soldier holds a small wooden statue of winged victory that he has been carving. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: “Salon des Armées, réservé aux artistes du front.” World War I poster by Henri Dangon, 1916.
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This preserved scene shows Seated woman shown in profile poses for her bust while sculptor works on it. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Alex John Ettl, sculptor, with a bust of Cecil Arden. Photo by Bain News Service, 1920-1925.
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This preserved scene shows Man holds a camera to his eye inside a room painted in wide color stripes. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Andy Warhol, artist, with a Polavision movie camera. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, around 1977.
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