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ArticleDuluth, Minnesota Seeing Change Over Time: 1870-1913 City views are particularly interesting to historians because they can document the growth and change of an area over time. Panoramas of Duluth, Minnesota, dramatically show its development.- Date: 1870
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CollectionPanoramic Photographs Contains approximately four thousand images featuring American cityscapes, landscapes, and group portraits. The images date from 1851 to 1991 and depict scenes in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. More than twenty foreign countries and a few U.S. territories are also represented. These panoramas average between twenty-eight inches and six feet in length, with an average width of ten inches.- Contributor: Haines Photo Co. (Conneaut, Ohio) - Geo. R. Lawrence Co - Pillsbury Picture Co - Bandholtz, F. J. (Frederick J.) - West Coast Art Co
- Date: 1851
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ArticleNome City, Alaska A City Two Months Old: Nome City, Alaska Nome City, Sept. 21, 1899, a city two months old. Pillsbury & Cleveland. gelatin silver print; 9.5 x 32 in. PAN US GEOG - Alaska, no. 38 (E size) P&P Local pride and boosterism are conveyed through the titles of some city views. For example, this panorama of Nome City, Alaska, taken September 21, 1899 is…- Date: 1899
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ArticleBoston, Massachusetts Taking Photographs From Tall Buildings Many photographers chose to make panoramic photographs from a tall building in the center of a city, to give a bird's-eye view of the area. The Ames Building, built in 1889, was Boston's first skyscraper. In 1894, photographer Nathaniel L. Stebbins, made four exposures from the top of the Ames Building to create a 360-degree panorama of the city.…- Date: 1889
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Official sesqui-centennial photograph of Pittsburgh] 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 17 x 43 in. | Photo printed from four separate negatives, showing man standing on porch overlooking Pittsburgh, with small inset reproduction of cityscape print of Pittsburgh in 1849.- Contributor: R.W. Johnston Studios
- Date: 1909-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingWorcester, Mass. sky photograph 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8.5 x 38.5 in.- Contributor: Woodbury & Co.
- Date: 1910-01-01
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Web PageRelated Resources Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division The Detroit Publishing Company Collection contains many panoramic photographs of North American cities, railroads, and landscapes dating from circa 1900.
- Date: 1851
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Panorama photograph of Chicago] 1 photographic print : silver printing-out paper ; 8 x 33.5 in.- Contributor: Taylor, J. W.
- Date: 1902-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA panoram photograph of Spokane, Washington 1 photographic print : collodion printing-out paper ; 16 x 92.5 in.- Contributor: Carpenter, W. J.
- Date: 1903-01-01
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Web PageRights and Access The Library of Congress does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not license or charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute the material.
- Date: 1851
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Photo, Print, DrawingA panorama of San Francisco, California showing the reconstructed city photographed February, 1912 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 7 x 73 in.- Contributor: Moulin, Gabriel
- Date: 1912-01-01
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ArticleA Brief History of Panoramic Photography Shortly after the invention of photography in 1839, the desire to show overviews of cities and landscapes prompted photographers to create panoramas. Early panoramas were made by placing two or more daguerreotype plates side-by-side. Daguerreotypes, the first commercially available photographic process, used silver- coated copper plates to produce highly detailed images.- Date: 1851
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Photo, Print, DrawingPanama City 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 5.5 x 36 in.- Contributor: Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.
- Date: 1913-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Panama City from Ancon Hill] 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 15 x 90 in.- Contributor: Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.
- Date: 1914-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPanama City from Ancon Hill 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 5.5 x 36.5 in.- Contributor: Stewart, J. A. - Trott's Novelty Shop
- Date: 1913-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingBirdseye view from Ancon Hill 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 9 x 64.5 in.- Contributor: National Photo & News Service - Goldbeck, E. O. (Eugene Omar)
- Date: 1930-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingOakland, California, 1000 feet elevation 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 18.5 x 52 in.- Contributor: R.J. Waters Aerial Photograph Co.
- Date: 1909-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingFresno from 1000 ft. elevation 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 17.5 x 51.5 in.- Contributor: R.J. Waters Aerial Photograph Co.
- Date: 1910-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingRedondo H104713 U.S. Copyright Office Photographer's address: Redondo, California. Copyright deposit; California Panorama Co.; January 2, 1908; DLC/PP-1908:43389.- Contributor: California Panorama Co
- Date: 1908-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingBird's eye view of Panama City from Ancon Hill 1 photomechanical print : halftone ; 5.5 x 36 in.- Date: 1913-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingCoblenz, Germany, looking east from Fort Alexandria, 1919 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 7.5 x 31.5 in.- Contributor: Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.)
- Date: 1919-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe city of Metz, from one of its western fortifications 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 7.5 x 45 in.- Contributor: Schutz Group Photographers (Washington, D.C.)
- Date: 1918-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPanorama de Verdun, vue prise du Fort de la Chaume, 1917 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 10.5 x 127 in. (unfolded)- Date: 1917-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingSucre, Bolivia 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 15 x 103 in.- Contributor: Scheeler, I. F.
- Date: 1915-01-01