Title & Author:

Images of America : a panorama of history in photographs.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Books, [1989]
©1989

Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes indexes.
"The book's elegant design was created by Tom Suzuki of Falls Church, Virginia. Inspired by "Camera Work,'' a photoart magazine published from 1903-1917 by Alfred Steiglitz, Tom Suzuki also originated exclusively for this edition a new display type, Images, developing it on the Macintosh with the Fontographer program. The text type is eleven point Stempel Garamond with captions ten point Stempel Garamond, typeset by Harlowe Typography, Inc., Brentwood, Maryland. Heads and initial capitals imageset by Unicorn Graphics, Washington, D.C. Picture separation and film preparation were provided by York Graphic Services, Inc., of York, Pennsylvania, using primarily the DuPont Highlight(TM) Monochrome Image Editing System. The book was printed in Willard, Ohio, by the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company on Warrenflo Web Gloss with Ecological Fibers Rainbow Antique endsheets, bound in Holliston Payko with jacket printing by Lehigh Press Lithographers, Pennsauken, New Jersey."--Colophon.
Stopping the world -- 1: An American album -- Silver men and platinum women -- How we like to see ourselves -- 2: American seeks its destiny -- Lincoln--a singular vision -- Moving on West -- Turning the century -- 3: America--A family affair -- The promised land -- Little ol' New York et al -- At home in the Hinterlands -- 4: Taking our show on the road -- Twentieth century unlimited -- Keep the feeling alive.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Explores six generations of American life through the break-through development of photography.

ISBN:

0895990237 (alk. paper)
9780895990235 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Government publications United States.
Publications officielles États-Unis.
Bildband
Fotografie
United States History 1865- Pictorial works.
United States History 1849-1877 Pictorial works.
United States History 1865 Pictorial works.
États-Unis Histoire 1849-1877 Ouvrages illustrés.
États-Unis Histoire 1865- Ouvrages illustrés.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

Bildband.
illustrated books.
photobooks.
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Books.
Photobooks.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Livres de photographies.

Added entries:

Suzuki, Tom, 1930-2006, book designer.
Smithsonian Institution, publisher.
R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, printer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 55651
Call No.: ID:90-B4116
Status: Available