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Night Streetscape and Hotel Tuller, Detroit (Circa 1925)

A long-exposure night streetscape from above, capturing streaking automobile headlights along a wet street leading to the illuminated Hotel Tuller. — Night Streetscape and Hotel Tuller, Detroit (Circa 1925) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Night photography in the 1920s required exact exposure calculations. Overlooking Grand Circus Park toward the Hotel Tuller in Detroit, Donald A. Hall Sr. mastered these complex low-light techniques during his mid-1920s engineering career.