130 rare photos offer fascinating visual record of Chinatown before the great 1906 earthquake. Informative text traces history of Chinese in California.
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Great News Photos and the Stories Behind Them by John Faber From the Crimean War to Jimmy Carter, here are the shots professional photojournalists still discuss. 140 great photos and the stories of how they were taken. Lindbergh, death of Oswald, first men on the moon, others.
Russell’s Civil War Photographs by Captain A. J. Russell 116 rare Civil War photos: Bull Run, Virginia campaigns, bridges, railroads, Richmond, Lincoln's funeral car. Many never seen before. Captions.
Victorian London Street Life in Historic Photographs by John Thomson Classic document of social realism contains 37 photographs by famed Victorian photographer Thomson, accompanied by texts offering sharply drawn vignettes of laborers, dustmen, street musicians, shoe blacks, more.
Suffolk County, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1867-1951: 184 Prints by Frederick S. Lightfoot, Linda Martin, Bette S. Weidman Charming pictorial history of Suffolk and a bygone era: village life, farming, fishing, shipping, transportation, leisure activities, one-room schools, churches, yachts, more. 184 black-and-white photographs. Introduction. Index.
