Exposing the Wilderness: Early Twentieth-Century Adirondack Postcard Photographers Contributor(s): Bogdan, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815606087 ISBN-13: 9780815606086 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: Explores New York State's Adirondack Mountains through the lives and images of six early-20th-century postcard photographers who left a visual legacy of the region and its culture. Combines descriptive text with nearly 250 b&w postcards and photographic illustrations depicting Adirondack life. Provides insight into popular culture of the times, and takes an indepth look at the families and lives of these photographer-artisans. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Photography | History - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
Dewey: 974.75 |
LCCN: 99035857 |
Series: New York State |
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 7.89" W x 11.35" (2.19 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An exploration of New York State's Adirondack mountains through the lives and images of six early 20th-century postcard photographers who left a visual documentary of this wilderness region and its culture in the 1800s. There are illustrations and photographs depicting Adirondack life. |