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Peter E. Palmquist - Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865 - 9780804740579 - V9780804740579
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Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865

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Description for Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865 Hardback. This biographical dictionary of some 3,000 photographers (and workers in related trades), active in a vast area of North America before 1866, is based on extensive research and enhanced by some 250 illustrations, most of which are published here for the first time. Num Pages: 768 pages, 250 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJB; GBCB; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 47. Weight in Grams: 2395.

This biographical dictionary of some 3,000 photographers (and workers in related trades), active in a vast area of North America before 1866, is based on extensive research and enhanced by some 240 illustrations, most of which are published here for the first time.

The territory covered extends from central Canada through Mexico and includes the United States from the Mississippi River west to, but not including, the Rocky Mountain states. Together, this volume and its predecessor, Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865, comprise an exhaustive survey of early photographers in North America and Central America, excluding ... Read more

This work is distinguished by the large number of entries, by the appealing narratives that cover both professional and private lives of the subjects, and by the painstaking documentation. It will be an essential reference work for historians, libraries, and museums, as well as for collectors of and dealers in early American photography.

In addition to photographers, the book includes photographic printers, retouchers, and colorists, and manufacturers and sellers of photographic apparatus and stock. Because creators of moving panoramas and optical amusements such as dioramas and magic lantern performances often fashioned their works after photographs, the people behind those exhibitions are also discussed.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804740579
SKU
V9780804740579
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Ref
99-50

About Peter E. Palmquist
Peter E. Palmquist was a researcher and author or editor of some fifty books and monographs before his death in 2003. Thomas R. Kailbourn is an independent researcher and writer.

Reviews for Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide: A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865
"The volume is lavishly illustrated with many photographs and line drawings. Historians of the Plains and the Rockies will find this work an interesting look into the social history of the area."—American Reference Books Annual 2006 "Exceeding the utility of a desktop reference, this boo provides a sweeping, personalized history of an emerging profession."—The Annals of Iowa

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