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William Herman Rau , (January 19, 1855–November 19, 1920)

Lower Genesee Falls, General View, L.V.R.R.

c. 1899
17 1/4 in. x 20 7/16 in. (43.82 cm x 51.91 cm)

Medium and Support: Mammoth-plate albumen print

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Accession Number: 2005.19

Commentary

William Rau worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad before becoming the official photographer for the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1895. Capturing feats of engineering amid breathtaking views, his celebratory photographs were widely exhibited in hotel lobbies and railroad terminals, used as advertisements in newspapers, and reproduced as postcards. Retaining the copyright to his images, he also sold them through his studio and showed them in salon exhibitions.

Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

In Focus: 75 Years of Collecting American Photography Addison Gallery of American Art , 4/28/2006 - 7/31/2006
Growing the Addison: Recent Acquisitions Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/23/2006 - 12/31/2006
Inside, Outside, Upstairs, Downstairs: The Addison Anew Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/7/2010 - 3/27/2011
Industrial Strength: Selections from the Collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 2/1/2014 - 4/13/2014
Eye on the Collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/1/2017 - 7/31/2018
Contemplating the View: American Landscape Photographs Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/8/2018 - 3/3/2019
Learning to Look: The Addison at 90 Addison Gallery of American Art , 5/8/2021 - 2/6/2022

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