Mathew Brady and his world : produced by Time-Life Books from pictures in the Meserve collection /

Mathew Brady and his world : produced by Time-Life Books from pictures in the Meserve collection / by Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., and the editors of Time-Life Books.

Photographs by Mathew Brady from the Meserve Collection. Biographical. Indexed.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kunhardt, Dorothy, 1901-1979 (Author), Kunhardt, Philip B., Jr., 1928-2006 (Author)
Corporate Authors: Time-Life Books, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Alexandria, Virginia : Morristown, New Jersey : Time-Life Books ; School and library distribution by Silver Burdett Co., 1977.
Subjects:
Brady, Mathew B., > approximately 1823-1896.
Meserve, Frederick Hill, > 1865-1962 > Photograph collections.
Photographers > United States > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • The story behind the collection
  • A force for photographic excellence
  • Portraying the presidents
  • A record of the Lincoln years
  • The great showman and his wares
  • "Sittings of the eminent men"
  • Monuments and vistas
  • Royalty and famous foreigners
  • Stars of a robust theatrical era
  • Giants of mind and spirit
  • A grand scheme to cover the war
  • Serene scenes behind the lines
  • The harder look of real war
  • The truest, saddest sights
  • A new breed of hero
  • Places made forever famous
  • Work by other early photographers.

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