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If the historian will be faithful to the photograph, the photograph will be faithful to history.

Beaumont Newhall

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Beaumont Newhall
Age: 84 †
Born: 1908
Born: June 22
Died: 1993
Died: February 26
Art Historian
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Photography Historian
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Lynn
Massachusetts
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