Lens on the Texas Frontier - Couverture rigide

Jones III, Lawrence T.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1623491231 ISBN 13 : 9781623491239

Editeur : Texas A & M University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Photographs of Texas’ frontier past are valuable as both art and artifact. Recording not only the lives and surroundings of days gone by, but also the artistry of those who captured the people and their times on camera, the rare images in Lens on the Texas Frontier offer a documentary record that is usually available to only a few dedicated collectors. In this book, prominent collector Lawrence T. Jones III showcases some of the most interesting and historically important glimpses of Texas history included among the five thousand photographs in the collection that bears his name at the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University. One of the nation’s most comprehensive and valuable Texas-related photography collections, the Lawrence T. Jones III Collection documents all aspects of Texas photography from the years 1846–1945, including rare examples of the various techniques practiced from its earliest days in the state: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and paper print photographs in various formats. The selections in the book feature cartes de visite, cabinet cards, oversized photographs, stereographs, and more. The subjects of the photos include Confederate and Union soldiers and officers in the Civil War; Mexicans, including ranking military officials from the Mexican Revolution; and a wide spectrum of Texan citizens, including African American, Native American, Hispanic, and Caucasian women, men, and children.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Perhaps the nation’s premier private collector of historic Texas photographs, LAWRENCE T. JONES III began collecting Texas images some forty years ago. He has provided research and images from his collection for museum and library exhibits, state park sites, television productions, and numerous publications.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Texas A & M University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1623491231
• ISBN 13: 9781623491239
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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