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William H. Rau

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WA-00115642

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Smithsonian

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2007.98
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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William Herman Rau was an American photographer who was active primarily in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best remembered for his stereo cards of sites around the world, and for his panoramic photographs of sites along the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (3)

Sampson's Fleet. U.S. Battleship "Oregon", Forward Deck

1898 · Albumen print, stereo

Each image: 8.2 × 17.7 cm (3 1/4 × 7 in.); Card: 8.6 × 17.7 cm (3 7/16 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bear Lake, LVRR

1893 · albumen print from gelatin dry plate negative

Image: 43.5 x 51.9 cm (17 1/8 x 20 7/16 in.); Paper: 45.3 x 53.7 cm (17 13/16 x 21 1/8 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Hemlock Forest, Lehigh Valley Railroad

1890 · albumen print from wet collodion negative

Image: 43.2 x 51.8 cm (17 x 20 3/8 in.); Mounted: 43.5 x 52.5 cm (17 1/8 x 20 11/16 in.); Matted: 76.2 x 81.3 cm (30 x 32 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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Hemlock Forest, Lehigh Valley Railroad
1890 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Bear Lake, LVRR
1893 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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