A Day's Work: A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs, 1860-1920 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0884482065 ISBN 13: 9780884482062

Casa editrice: Tilbury House Pub, 2000

Riassunto

Bunting has a knack for spotting the unusual in a photograph, or some minor detail that, in fact, tells a major story about the how and why. From granite quarry operations to an itinerant cobbler in a sailing scow to hootchie-kootchie dancers at the state fair to deepwater ships, his page-long captions place these images in social and economic context--but this is not dry history. His research has uncovered a wealth of fascinating, often quirky detail (did you know that mummy wrappings were imported from Egypt for Maine papermaking?), and he makes frequent forays into the Maine storytelling tradition.

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These extraordinary collections of photographs and narrative captions have wide appeal for anyone interested in Maine's past. Bunting has a knack for spotting the unusual in a photograph, or some minor detail that, in fact, tells a major story about the how and why. From granite quarry operations to an itinerant cobbler in a sailing scow to hootchie-kootchie dancers at the state fair to deepwater ships, his page-long captions place these images in social and economic context--but this is not dry history. His research has uncovered a wealth of fascinating, often quirky detail (did you know that mummy wrappings were imported from Egypt for Maine papermaking?), and he makes frequent forays into the Maine storytelling tradition.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Tilbury House Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0884482065
• ISBN 13: 9780884482062
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Redattore: Bunting W. H.
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