From: csoeiro (csoeiro@rcnchicago.com)
Date: 02/12/03-04:11:15 PM Z
Steve,
Yes: http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/douglass.html.
(fyi, every Tuesday the Art Institute is open late - 8:00pm - and admission
is free, so you can see them as many times as you like.)
cs
> So i've a question,
>
> were the photos mentioned in the original message from this thread part of the
> permanent collection, or part of an exhibit?
>
> i'll be starting school at SAIC in the fall, will i get a chance to see the
> dagguerotype of Douglas, et al?
>
> steve
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Argon3@aol.com
> Sent: 02/12/03 01:05 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Chicago, Pt. II
>
>>
>> I'll also vouch for the power of seeing the Douglas Daguerreotype. It was
> first displayed a couple of years ago in a different show and it is
> striking
> beyond belief...it's almost like some kind of holographic representation
> of
> Fredrick Douglas...the sense of history that one feels while viewing it is
>
> very powerful.
> Tha Art Institute's collection and exhibitions are almost always top notch
>
> and it's one of the best things about living in Chicago. Whenever life
> gets
> me down, I go to the 'tute and recharge my batteries. Glad that there was
> a
> good selection of material there for your visit.
>
> argon
>>
>
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