Schaeffer Collection, Promised Gift of Jennifer and Philip Maritz) For the 19th-Century US, the making of these images was a spectacle ... we learn about our own history." The New Art: American ...

For the 19th-Century US, the making of these images was a spectacle in itself ... the more we learn about our own history." The New Art: American Photography, 1839-1910 is at the Metropolitan ...