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Illuminating Shadows: The Calotype in Nineteenth-Century America by David R. Hanlon Filling a large hole in the history of American photography. 246 pages 10 x 7 Illustrated, Bibliography, Cloth $50 From the review in CHOICE, CURRENT REVIEWS FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES : In ten chapters [Hanlon] charts the multiple uses, commercial context, and aesthetics of the [calotype] process until about 1870, when the paper negative was discontinued in favor of glass. Excellent notes, appendices, an bibliography. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers." P. C. Bunnell, emeritus, Princeton University "In this volume Hanlon turns conventional photographic history inside out, restoring American photography to its proper place among the great early traditions. Too often the United States is seen as a provincial player in calotype photography; a poor cousin to the Britons who invented the technique and the French who perfected it. In this book, we see early American…
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Illuminating Shadows: The Calotype in Nineteenth Century America
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California: Its Gold and its Inhabitants: First published in London, 1856
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California: Its Gold and Its Inhabitants by Sir Henry Vere Huntley. Sir Henry Vere Huntley was an English lord who spent most of his life in Africa and the New World. He was once the governor of Prince Edward Island, but was forced into bankruptcy due to imprudent business ventures in California, such as the Dicksburg Mine in Yuba County, during the Gold Rush. This is Sir Henry's account of his life and times in California, first published in London in 1856, and now reprinted and updated with more than 150 period illustrations, documents and photographs. "For anyone with an interest in the California Gold Rush era, the Huntley journal is an invaluable resource." Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Governor of California) Illustrated 2003 Edition; 240 pages; 8½ x 11; Illustrated; Index
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California: Its Gold and its Inhabitants: William E. Dassonville, California Photographer [1879-1957]
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California: Its Gold and Its Inhabitants by Sir Henry Vere Huntley. Sir Henry Vere Huntley was an English lord who spent most of his life in Africa and the New World. He was once the governor of Prince Edward Island, but was forced into bankruptcy due to imprudent business ventures in California, such as the Dicksburg Mine in Yuba County, during the Gold Rush. This is Sir Henry's account of his life and times in California, first published in London in 1856, and now reprinted and updated with more than 150 period illustrations, documents and photographs. "For anyone with an interest in the California Gold Rush era, the Huntley journal is an invaluable resource." Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Governor of California) Illustrated 2003 Edition; 240 pages; 8½ x 11; Illustrated; Index, ISBN 1-887694-52-8
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