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Samuel Havard
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If you receive the following error while trying to use the JSON that was linked in the first video, it's because as the error states, that JSON is missing a bunch of double quotes
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 2 column 1 (char 2)
try using this:
{ "accession_number": "2000.12.13", "artist": "Martha Hale Harvey", "continent": "North America", "country": "United States", "creditline": "The McClurg Photography Purchase Fund", "culture": null, "dated": "1899", "department": "Photography & New Media", "description": "boat with 2 masts in front of a bridge with a lift gate; 2 rowboats in water at L; buildings at L; trees at R", "dimension": "9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (23.5 x 29.21 cm) (image, sheet) 11 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (29.85 x 34.29 cm) (mount)", "id": "http://api.artsmia.org/objects/148", "image": "valid", "image_copyright": "", "image_height": 3544, "image_width": 4388, "life_date": "American, 1862-1949", "marks": "Inscription; Signature ", "medium": "platinum print", "nationality": "American", "provenance": "", "restricted": 0, "rights_type": "Public Domain", "role": "Artist", "room": "Not on View", "style": "19th century", "text": "", "title": "Annisquam, Massachusetts" }