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Colorado Springs: Pikes Peak Library District, 2011. new, in publisher's shrink-wrap. 314p., including index; The Pioneer Photographer is the story of William Henry Jacksons love for the outdoors and of his adventurous life photographing the Rocky Mountain West during the late 1860s and 1870s. His meticulous descriptions of the rugged and treacherous landscapes, and the efforts required for capturing the images on glass plates, edify the reader about the enormous challenges presented by early photographic technology. Most of Jacksons photographs made during the U.S. geological surveys, led by Dr. Ferdinand V. Hayden in the 1870s, document the anglo American "discovery" of the Rocky Mountain West. A facsimile reprint of the 1929 first edition, all pages are reproductions of the original--all typos and errors are reproduced here as they originally appeared. This is the eighth title in the Pikes Peak Library District's highly acclaimed history series.. First Facsimile…
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The Pioneer Photographer: Rocky Mountain Adventures with a Camera Hardcover - 2011
by William Henry Jackson
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- Title The Pioneer Photographer: Rocky Mountain Adventures with a Camera
- Author William Henry Jackson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Facsimile
- Pages 314
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs
- Date 2011
- ISBN 9781567353426 / 1567353428
- Library of Congress subjects West (U.S.), Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011925352
- Dewey Decimal Code 917.800
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