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Nitroglycerine Explosion

Artist Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)
Dateca. 1870
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/16 × 6 1/16 inches (7.78 × 15.4 cm)
Mount: 3 5/16 × 6 3/4 inches (8.41 × 17.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3706
SignedOn mount recto, right edge, in black pen: "Watkins San Francisco"
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black pen: "Nitroglycerine Explosion, 789"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a pile of haphazardly stacked wooden fragments.
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