Colorado on Glass: Colorado's First Half Century as Seen by the Camera

Mangan, Terry Wm.

ISBN 10: 0913582131 / ISBN 13: 9780913582138

Published by Sundance, Denver, 1975

About this Item

First printing. Copy number 00030 stamped on half title page. No statement of limitation. Photographers include Solomon Carvalho who accompanied Fremont in 1853, Wm. Gunnison Chamberlain, and William Henry Jackson. Photos mostly from the State Historical Society and a few private collections. Includes directory of early Colorado photographers by Opal Murry Harber. 8-1/2 x 11 inches, 406 pages. Very heavy. Few rubs on bottom board edges. Original fine fitted glassine cover. No international shipping. First printing.

Seller Inventory # 16781

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Colorado on Glass: Colorado's First Half Century as Seen by the Camera
• Publisher: Sundance, Denver
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913582131
• ISBN 13: 9780913582138
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography
  • HISTORY::United States::State & Local::West (AK...
  • PHOTOGRAPHY::Subjects & Themes::Regional

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Synopsis

Amazing selection of photographs showcasing both amateur and professional photographers from Colorado's early years. The book goes from the earliest work in 1853, dageurreotypes by Solomon Nunes Carvalho who accompanied Fremont on his expedition, through the Gold Rush, the work of William Gunnison Chamberlain and William Henry Jackson, the cameras used, galleries, women photographers, and the birth of the motion picture industry in the state. With list of early Colorado photographers. 406 pages.