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

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Author: W. H. Bunting

Brand: Tilbury House Publishers

Edition: Paperback

Features:

  • Used Book in Good Condition

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 384

Release Date: 01-10-1997

Details: These extraordinary collections of photographs and narrative captions have wide appeal to anyone interested in Maine's past. Spend an afternoon with either volume of A Day's Work, and you'll make discoveries that will change how you look at Maine's passing scene. 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 cootchie 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.

EAN: 9780884481898

Package Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English

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

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    Description

    Author: W. H. Bunting

    Brand: Tilbury House Publishers

    Edition: Paperback

    Features:

    • Used Book in Good Condition

    Binding: paperback

    Number Of Pages: 384

    Release Date: 01-10-1997

    Details: These extraordinary collections of photographs and narrative captions have wide appeal to anyone interested in Maine's past. Spend an afternoon with either volume of A Day's Work, and you'll make discoveries that will change how you look at Maine's passing scene. 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 cootchie 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.

    EAN: 9780884481898

    Package Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches

    Languages: English

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