From the Nile River to the Erie Canal: tracing the photographs of the Zangaki Brothers at George Eastman House

The collection of photographs by the Zangaki Brothers at George Eastman House provides a case study for tracing a trajectory of certain nineteenth century photographic objects made for a tourist market. Beginning with the photographers themselves and the clientele they served, to the albums the photographs were mounted in, the collections they were placed in and the subsequent modern critiques of the photographers, this thesis aims to understand decisions that ultimately define the context in which we now find the photographs.