Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide : A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865 / Peter E. Palmquist, Thomas R. Kailbourn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmquist, Peter E., Author.

Kailbourn, Thomas R., Author.

Contributor:

Sandweiss, Martha A., Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (768 p.) : 250 illustrations

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This biographical dictionary of some 3,000 photographers (and workers in related trades), active in a vast area of North America before 1866, is based on extensive research and enhanced by some 240 illustrations, most of which are published here for the first time. The territory covered extends from central Canada through Mexico and includes the United States from the Mississippi River west to, but not including, the Rocky Mountain states. Together, this volume and its predecessor, Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary, 1840-1865, comprise an exhaustive survey of early photographers in North America and Central America, excluding the eastern United States and eastern Canada. This work is distinguished by the large number of entries, by the appealing narratives that cover both professional and private lives of the subjects, and by the painstaking documentation. It will be an essential reference work for historians, libraries, and museums, as well as for collectors of and dealers in early American photography. In addition to photographers, the book includes photographic printers, retouchers, and colorists, and manufacturers and sellers of photographic apparatus and stock. Because creators of moving panoramas and optical amusements such as dioramas and magic lantern performances often fashioned their works after photographs, the people behind those exhibitions are also discussed.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction: Photography Goes West

Guide to the Main Entries

Biographical Dictionary

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

Anonymous Workers (IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)

APPENDIX 1 PHOTOGRAPHIC PARTNERSHIP, COMPANY, AND GALLERY NAMES TO DECEMBER 31, 1865 A CROSS-REFERENCE LIST

APPENDIX 2 PANORAMAS, STEREOPTICONS, COSMORAMAS, MAGIC LANTERNS, AND OTHER PUBLIC PERFORMANCES: A CROSS-REFERENCE LIST

APPENDIX 3 WOMEN WORKERS

APPENDIX 4 WORKERS KNOWN ONLY AS “ARTIST”

APPENDIX 5 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF WORKERS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-1917-6

OCLC:

1294425749