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The origins of photojournalism in America / Michael L. Carlebach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carlebach, Michael L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photojournalism--United States--History.
- Photojournalism.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992.
- Summary:
- Chronicling the early history (1839-1880) of American photography, this book reveals that photojournalism, thought to be a twentieth-century innovation, was born in the 1840s, as newspapermen and photographers found ways to bring images of great events and exotic scenery (the Civil War and the West among them) to an avid mass audience.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-189) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1560981598
- OCLC:
- 24953586
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