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Since 1873, I have been back four or five times. I have used the best cameras and the most sensitive emulsions on the market. I have snapped my shutter, morning, noon and afternoon. I have never come close to matching those first plates. (On photographing The Mountain of the Holy Cross)

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William Henry Jackson
Age: 99 †
Born: 1843
Born: April 4
Died: 1942
Died: June 30
Artist
Explorer
Mountaineer
Painter
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Keeseville
New York
W.H. Jackson
W. H. Jackson
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