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The Gernsheim Collection
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1.Helmut Gernsheim
2010
Book cover for "The Gernsheim Collection" (Harry Ransom Center and the University of Texas Press, 2010)

Book cover
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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2.Helmut Gernsheim
2010
Dustjacket for "The Gernsheim Collection" (Harry Ransom Center and the University of Texas Press, 2010)

Dustjacket
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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3.Helmut Gernsheim
2010
Poster for "Discovering the Language of Photography - The Gernsheim Collection"

Poster
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
This poster incorporates a photograph by Hans Hammarskiöld, Frosty Grass, 1952, ® Hans Hammarskiöld.
 
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4.Hans Hammarski÷ld
1952
Frosty Grass

Gelatin silver print
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© Hans Hammarskiöld. Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
 
In 2010 this photograph was used for the poster for the exhibition "Discovering the Language of Photography - The Gernsheim Collection" (Harry Ransom Humantities Research Center)
 
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5.Unidentified photographer
1963
Helmut and Alison Gernsheim hanging an exhibition at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Gelatin silver print
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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6.Helmut Gernsheim
1969
Book cover for A revised and enlarged 1969 edition of "The History of Photography: From the Camera Obscura to the Beginning of the Modern Era" by Helmut Gernsheim in collaboration with Alison Gernsheim.

Book cover
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Originally published by the Oxford University Press in 1955.
 
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7.Helmut Gernsheim
n.d.
Book cover for Helmut Gernsheim "New Photo Vision"

Book cover
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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8.Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
1826 (taken) 2003 (photographed)
Official image of the First Photograph in 2003, minus any manual retouching, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce's View from the Window at Le Gras. c. 1826
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Gernsheim Collection Harry Ransom Center / University of Texas at Austin Photo by J. Paul Getty Museum.
 
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9.Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
1826
Cardinal Georges D'Amboise
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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10.Charles Dudley Arnold
1893
Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building

Platinotype print
43.1 x 51.9 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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11.Julia Margaret Cameron
1866 (ca)
Study of Child's Head

Albumen print
34.0 x 26.4 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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12.Winifred Casson
1935 (ca)
Accident

Gelatin silver print
29.4 x 24.4 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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13.Lady Clementina Hawarden
1864
At the Window

Albumen print
20.5 x 15.3 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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14.Lady Clementina Hawarden
1864
At the Window

Albumen print, detail
20.5 x 15.3 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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15.E.O. Hoppé
1927
Ship in Dry Dock

Gelatin silver print
22.4 x 27.8 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© 2010 The E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection Curatorial Assistance, Pasadena, California Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center
 
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16.John Stewart
1852 (ca)
Man and Horse

Positive waxed salted-paper print.
18.6 x 26.0 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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17.Alinari
1858 (ca)
Florence. Statue of Cosimo Primo

Albumen print
4.2 x 26.0 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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18.Francis Frith
1859
The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, From the South-West

Albumen print
37.7 x 48.8 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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19.Hill & Adamson
1845 (ca)
A Newhaven Pilot

Salted paper print
14.6 x 20.3 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
LL/39156
20.Robert Howlett
1857
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, before the Anchor Chains of the Great Eastern

Albumen print
28.8 x 22.8 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
LL/39157
21.Herbert G. Ponting
1910
The "Terra Nova" at the Ice Foot
[British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 (led by Scott on the "Terra Nova")]

Gelatin silver print
38.3 x 30.4 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
LL/39158
22.Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
1888
Excitement

Platinum print
14.6 x 20.5 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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23.David Wilkie Wynfield
1863
John Everett Millais as Dante

Albumen print
21.1 x 16.1 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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24.Paul Strand
1933
Plaza. State of Puebla

Photogravure
40.4 x 31.7 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive, Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
 
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25.Cecil Beaton
1942
Tank Debris. After the Battle. Sidi Rezegh

Gelatin silver print
20.5 18.7 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby's, Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
 
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26.Helmut Gernsheim
1943
Spiral Staircase at St. Paul's Cathedral: Looking Down

Gelatin silver print
38.0 x 29.7 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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27.Harold E. Edgerton
1948
Baton in Action

Gelatin silver print
25.4 x 20.6 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, Courtesy Palm Press, Inc., Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
 
LL/39164
28.Fritz Henle
1966
Exhausted Mine Worker - Germany

Gelatin silver print
51.0 x 50.0 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© Fritz Henle Estate, Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
 
LL/39165
29.Felix H. Man
1931
Mussolini in His Study at Palazzo Venezia, Rome

Gelatin silver print
29.4 x 39.2 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© Estate of Felix H. Man, Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
 
LL/39166
30.Clarence John Laughlin
1937
Three Vistas through One Wall

Gelatin silver print
26.4 x 36.8 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© The Historic New Orleans Collection, Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
 
LL/39167
31.Toni Schneiders
1953
Spiegelnde Scheiben. [Window Reflections.]

Gelatin silver print
41.9 x 25.2 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© Toni Schneiders, Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
 
LL/39168
32.Peter Keetman
1958
Ice on Lake During A Snowfall

Gelatin silver print
29.9 x 40.2 cm
 
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin
© Peter Keetman / F.C. Gundlach, Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center.
 
LL/39169
   
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