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Photography and the American scene : a social history, 1839-1889

by Robert Taft

An overview of photographic processes, equipment, and key photographers from the daguerreotype to the beginning of photoengraving. This illustrated volume features approximately 320 plates and an index.

Accession 31038 ISBN 0486212017 Publisher Dover Publications, Inc.
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