Selections 3 – American Museum of Photography

Selections 3

Selections from the Wm. B. Becker Collection

Anderson Studio (Morris, Minnesota)

Millwork Salesmen

Silver or silver/platinum print on Cabinet Card, circa 1900

4 x 5.5 inches

The original shows a remarkably wide range of subtle grey tones, suggesting it could be a “Satista print,” made on paper combining silver compounds and platinum salts. There is no subtlety about the pose of this group: they are all business, down to the bundle of shingles on which the man at right is seated.

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