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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
On the Edge of a Traveling Dune
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

On the Edge of a Traveling Dune

Artist Harry Cowles Mann (American, 1866 - 1926)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1915
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (18.7 × 23.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 14 15/16 × 13 1/2 in. (37.9 × 34.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Polly Lazaron from the collection of Dr. Emanuel Wallerstein
Object number82.98.35
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis is one of 41 black and white photographs depicting various sites around Virginia Beach, VA.

Label TextOn the Edge of a Traveling Dune, ca. 1915 Gelatin silver print (photograph) National Geographic published this image and the one to its left, When Evening Shadows Fall, in its September 1915 issue. The poetic titles were likely created by the magazine’s writers, not by the photographer. Gift of Polly Lazaron from the collection of Dr. Emanuel Wallerstein 82.98.35 Exhibition History"Harry C. Mann: Norfolk Photographer," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, April 2, 2016 - April 2, 2017.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1915
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1915
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1915
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1909-1924
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1915
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1909-1924
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harry Cowles Mann
ca. 1900