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- Canon Lens Cap, Used by John Margolies, 1973-2016 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs celebrate a unique chapter of American history. He used this equipment on his travels.
- 1973-2016
- Collections - Artifact
Canon Lens Cap, Used by John Margolies, 1973-2016
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs celebrate a unique chapter of American history. He used this equipment on his travels.
- Camera Tripod -
- Collections - Artifact
Camera Tripod
- Bell & Howell Lens Cap, Used by John Margolies, 1973-2016 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs celebrate a unique chapter of American history. He used this equipment on his travels.
- 1973-2016
- Collections - Artifact
Bell & Howell Lens Cap, Used by John Margolies, 1973-2016
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs celebrate a unique chapter of American history. He used this equipment on his travels.
- Canon Lens Cap, Used by John Margolies, 1973-2016 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs celebrate a unique chapter of American history. He used this equipment on his travels.
- 1973-2016
- Collections - Artifact
Canon Lens Cap, Used by John Margolies, 1973-2016
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs celebrate a unique chapter of American history. He used this equipment on his travels.
- Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Company Korona Folding Studio Stand, circa 1914 -
- circa 1914
- Collections - Artifact
Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Company Korona Folding Studio Stand, circa 1914
- Autographic Folding Pocket Kodak Camera Case, 1916-1926 -
- 1916-1926
- Collections - Artifact
Autographic Folding Pocket Kodak Camera Case, 1916-1926
- Camera Case -
- Collections - Artifact
Camera Case
- Cable Release, Used by John Margolies, 1973-2016 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs celebrate a unique chapter of American history. He used this equipment on his travels.
- 1973-2016
- Collections - Artifact
Cable Release, Used by John Margolies, 1973-2016
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs celebrate a unique chapter of American history. He used this equipment on his travels.
- Ford Motor Company Photographers with Ford Model T Touring Car outside the Highland Park Plant - Henry Ford was especially interested in documenting his company's activities as an example for others to follow. In the 1920s, the Ford Motor Company's Photographic Department was the world's largest still and motion picture production unit. Company photographers documented various activities from the shop floor to the community. These efforts demonstrated the power of photography in education, documentation, and propaganda.
- March 20, 1916
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Motor Company Photographers with Ford Model T Touring Car outside the Highland Park Plant
Henry Ford was especially interested in documenting his company's activities as an example for others to follow. In the 1920s, the Ford Motor Company's Photographic Department was the world's largest still and motion picture production unit. Company photographers documented various activities from the shop floor to the community. These efforts demonstrated the power of photography in education, documentation, and propaganda.
- Camera Tripod, 1859-1860 -
- 1859-1860
- Collections - Artifact
Camera Tripod, 1859-1860