Caption

View of the imaginary city of Silent City in Alaska, Prof. Willoughby's Silent City, Muir Glacier, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Said to be photographed June 21, 1889, by the kind permission of LB French.', c. 1885 - in or before 1890, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 113 mm x width 184 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta', North America, Alaska, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon, A faded, sepia-toned view of a cityscape seen from an elevated vantage, with rooftops and building facades in the foreground, several taller structures and a scaffolding-covered building toward the middle ground, and distant hazy buildings and a barely visible spire receding into a pale sky, with a cluster of leafed trees on the right and a low stone wall and a bench near the bottom edge.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B02_022

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Keywords

View imaginary city Silent City Alaska Prof Willoughby's Silent City Muir Glacier page photomechanical print inscription Said photographed June 21 1889 kind permission LB French c 1885 - 1890 paper collotype photoprint height 113 mm x width 184 mm city-view general veduta North America Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon faded sepia-toned view cityscape elevated vantage rooftops building facades foreground several taller structures scaffolding-covered building middle ground distant hazy buildings barely visible spire receding pale sky cluster leafed trees right low stone wall bench near bottom edge