Photography and the American Scene: A Social History, 1839-1889Account of the development of the art of photography in the United States from the first introduction of daguerreotypy to the appearance of the film camera and modern processes for book, magazine and newspaper illustration--Cover. |
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THEIR EXQuisite perfectION ALMOST TRANSCENDS THE BOUNDS OF sober belief | 3 |
FIRST PORTRAITS AND FIRST GALLERIES | 22 |
THE ERA OF THE DAGUERREOTYPE | 46 |
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Photography and the American Scene: A Social History, 1839-1889 Robert Taft No preview available - 2008 |
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