Blind Man and His Reader, ca. 1850, Daguerreotype, Image: x cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/8 in.), Photographs, Unknown (American

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Blind Man and His Reader, ca. 1850, Daguerreotype, Image: x cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/8 in.), Photographs, Unknown (American), Little is known about this enigmatic portrait except that the young reader holds a copy of the New York Herald. Known for its prurient interest in scandal and crime, as well as its pioneering use of the telegraph and railroad to gather news, the newspaper, launched in 1835, had the largest circulation of any daily in the United States

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Size: 3868px × 4816px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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