America's yesterdays: Images of our lost past discovered in the photographic archives of the Library of Congress

Langue : anglais

Edité par American Heritage Pub. Co. : book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1978

0828130744 / 9780828130745

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SELLING MAJOR LIBRARY AT EXTREMELY REASONABLE PRICES. It's truly wonderful to see such a vast collection of high quality snapshots of America's past. This collection from the files of the Library of Congress makes the viewer of the book feel like they were really there when the photographs were taken. My own feeling for the pictures was that they were like the source material for the "Saturday Evening Post's" legendary illustrator Norman Rockwell. The photographs are simply amazing, extraordinary, and in some cases almost unbelievable. Maybe they are too nostalgic, but they also capture some of the less flattering parts of American History. Take for instance the surreal double-page spread of a 1925 Ku Klux Klan parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. It was taken near the White House and the U.S. Capital dome is clearly visible in the background. What makes it surreal is that thousands of people are watching an endless river of Klansman dressed in white sheets marching 40 across waving flags and accompanied by their own marching bands. The river of white flowed the entire length between the White House and Capitol. The KKK members in the parade numbered more than 40,000. Gawking parade viewers filled the sidewalks twenty rows deep and stared in disbelief of what they were seeing in the land of the free.…

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Titre
America's yesterdays: Images of our lost past discovered in the photographic archives of the Library of Congress
Auteur
Jensen, Oliver Ormerod
Éditeur
American Heritage Pub. Co. : book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster
Année de publication
1978
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Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0828130744
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780828130745
Édition
1st Edition
Poids de l'article
68 onces

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