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F. Holland Day (American, 1864-1933)
[A Street in Algiers], ca. 1900
Platinum print; 9 5/16 x 7 1/8 in. (23.7 x 18.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 (49.55.225)


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Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975)

Possibly by William Notman (Canadian, b. Scotland, 1826-1891)

Sword with Three Mounts, mid-1st century B.C.


F. Holland Day (American, 1864-1933)

Harold Edgerton (American, 1903-1990)


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