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Of Bricks & Light: Fabled Façades

Of Bricks & Light: Fabled Façades

 

 

 Unidentified photographer: Deutsches Volkstheater. Albumen print, 8-1/4″ x 10-1/4″circa 1885.

An imposing edifice, dwarfing the almost-theatrical figures of laborers carefully posed in front. Several of the figures have been retouched to sharpen blurry edges, suggesting the exposure was lengthy.

 

 

 

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