Glass Plates & Wagon Ruts: Images of the Southwest by Lisle Updike and William Pennington

Clark, H. Jackson; Updike, Lisle; Pennington, William M.

ISBN 10: 0870814958 / ISBN 13: 9780870814952

Published by Univ Pr of Colorado, 1998

About this Item

A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.

Seller Inventory # OTV.0870814958.G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Glass Plates & Wagon Ruts: Images of the Southwest by Lisle Updike and William Pennington
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870814958
• ISBN 13: 9780870814952
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

Incorporates the entire corpus from 1905 to 1915 of two photographers who travelled the American Southwest capturing such images as Zuni Indians drilling turquoise; Jicarilla Apaches wearing eagle feather headdresses; cowboys in the territorial town of Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico; a Navajo medicine man, and other sights. Also included is an essay that chronicles the photographers' lives and a journal that details a woman's view of travelling the West during the same time period. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About the Author

H. Jackson Clark was a third-generation native of Durango, Colorado. A well-known Indian trader and expert on Navajo weaving, jewelry, and legends, he lectured extensively on the history of the southwest. He died in July of 1997, before he could see this project come to fruition.