| Description |
246 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1: Historical. Early history of stereographs ; The diversity of stereographs ; The first decade : 1851-60 ; Development of stereographs in America ; Mass production of stereographs ; Half-tone stereographs : "lithoprints" ; Creative photography -- Part 2: Geographical : regional views. Eastern United States ; Western United States and Canada ; Great Britain ; Continental Europe ; Near East, Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America, and Atlantic Islands -- Part 3: A subject guide to stereographs, arranged in encyclopedic fashion. Advertising, Agriculture, Amateur, Anthropology, Architecture, Arctic & Antarctic, Astronomy, Au-tomobiles, Aviation, Boer War, Botany, Bridges, Cattle trade, Caves, Circus, Civil War, Conventions, Copy views, Costume, Dare devils, Disasters, Educational, Electrical, Engineering, Erotica, Exhibitions, Expeditions, Fires, Fishing, Food processing, Forest industries, Fraternal, Geology, Horses, Hunting, Indians, Industrial archeology, Libraries & museums, Literary, Machinery, Markets, Medical, Mills & factories, Mining & quarrying, Monuments, Musical instruments, National parks, Naval, Negro, Novelties, Occupations, Parades, Personalities, Petroleum, Pets, Photographica, Portraits, Prisons & punishments, Railroads, Religions, Russo-Japanese War, Schools & colleges, Sculpture, Ships & shipping, Skeleton leaves, Spanish-American War, Sports, Technology, Textiles, Theatrical, Toys, Transportation, Volcanoes, Wars, Whaling, World War I, Yachting, Zoology -- Part 4: Geographical check list of North American stereographers, arranged by states, alphabetically ; Alphabetic check list and index of stereographers cited, with approximate dates of stereo activity -- Appendix: The number of American stereographers |
| Summary |
This book is a survey of and guide to stereographs from four different points of view: historical, geographical, topical, and by the photographers who produced them |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 238-242 |
| Subject |
Photography, Stereoscopic.
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Photography -- history.
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Photography -- methods.
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| LC no. |
77092123 |
| ISBN |
0913116041 |
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