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The recording eye : a hundred years of great events as seen by the camera 1839–1939
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The recording eye : a hundred years of great events as seen by the camera 1839–1939

by Helmut Gernsheim, Alison Gernsheim

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Accession 31751 ISBN — Publisher G. P. Putnam's Sons
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