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Photography and the American scene: a social history, 1839-1889

Taft, Robert, 1894-1955.

Year: 1942, c1938.

Publisher: Macmillan Co..

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Frontmatter

INTRODUCTION

I "THEIR EXQUISITE PERFECTION ALMOST TRANSCENDS THE BOUNDS OF SOBER BELIEF"

II FIRST PORTRAITS AND FIRST GALLERIES

III THE ERA OF THE DAGUERREOTYPE

IV DAGUERREOTYPES AND THE PUBLIC

V DAGUERREOTYPY AT ITS ZENITH

VI PHOTOGRAPHY

VII THE AMBROTYPE

VIII THE FAMILY ALBUM

IX THE TINTYPE

X THE STEREOSCOPE

XI "BOSTON AS THE EAGLE AND THE WILD GOOSE SEE IT"

XII REAL AMATEURS

XIII CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHERS

XIV PHOTOGRAPHING THE FRONTIER: FIRST PHASE

XV PHOTOGRAPHING THE FRONTIER: SECOND PHASE

XVI THE CABINET PHOTOGRAPH

XVII KURTZ, SARONY, AND MORA

XVIII A NEW AGE

XIX THE FLEXIBLE FILM

XX ZOOPRAXISCOPES AND LESS WORDY INNOVATIONS

XXI PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE PICTORIAL PRESS

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND NOTES

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

TO TEXT AND NOTES

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Title:

Photography and the American scene : a social history, 1839-1889 Robert Taft.

Author:

Taft, Robert, 1894-1955

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Photography and the American scene : a social history, 1839-1889 Robert Taft.
Taft, Robert, 1894-1955
New York: Macmillan Co., 1942, c1938.

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Subject Headings:

• Photography -- United States -- History
• United States -- History -- 1865-1898
• United States -- History -- 1783-1865

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