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Photography and the American Scene: A Social History, 1839-1889

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Author(s): Robert Taft
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc.
Year: 1989

Language: English
Pages: 580
Tags: Photography;

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