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Exposing the Wilderness: Early Twentieth-Century Adirondack Postcard Photographers
Contributor(s): Bogdan, Robert (Author)
ISBN: 0815606087     ISBN-13: 9780815606086
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
OUR PRICE:   $35.96  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 1999
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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
 
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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.