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In Their Element
In Their Element
Digitized film strip
Photograph
Peter Henry Emerson
Maker
British, b. Cuba, 1856–1936
In Their Element
ca. 1886
Platinum print
20.7 x 28.8 cm.
Museum accession
1981.1285.0032
Inscriptions
verso-(in pencil) "In their Element ...(illeg.)"
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