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Saturday, October 19, 2013 / Published in Photograph Collection

Photograph Display: Photographer’s Painted Backdrops and Props

I have looked at lots of nineteenth century portrait photographs, but have never paid much attention to the backdrops used by most photographers during this era. Apparently, this is a common oversight. Photographers were given awards at exhibitions for backdrops, props and accessories.  They had become so popular that they became a part of every
AshevilleCharles and Amanda GlassFrank U. HaymondJ.M. McCanlessL.B. and Lily McBrayerN.C.Painted Backdrops & Propsrustic furnitureS.A. McCanlessThomas H. Lindsey
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Monday, September 23, 2013 / Published in Local History, Quirks & Kerfuffles

Rustic Furniture Set Against a Modern Gas Stove Demonstration, Asheville, N.C. 1905

Several years ago while researching Appalachian rustic for a lecture and exhibition at the Asheville Art Museum I came across two intriguing photos in the NC Collection.  They are from the Caldwell collection of glass plate negatives given to the library in 1944.  John D. Caldwell came to Asheville in 1903 to take the position
Asheville Electric CompanyAsheville North Carolinagas rangesJohn D Caldwellrustic furniture

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