Traditionally trained with a bulky, large-format camera that required a tripod for stabilization, The Terminal was one of Stieglitz’s first photographs using a portable, hand-held Graflex camera, borrowed from friend and fellow photographer William B. Post. The negatives he was able to produce, regardless of the relatively slow plates, were enough to convince Stieglitz of the benefits provided by the camera. Soon after, he purchased his own Graflex and used it for the majority of his career, notably to produce his Equivalents.