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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherSpinner Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100932027180
ISBN-139780932027184
eBay Product ID (ePID)344714
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleWindow Back : Photography in a Whaling Port
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFisheries & Aquaculture, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year1997
IllustratorYes
FeaturesReprint
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Photography
AuthorNicholas Whitman
FormatTrade Paperback
Additional Product Features
LCCN93-086989
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal974.4/85
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisHolds special interest for marine history and New England history enthusiasts; those with interest in photography; art history students and professionals.This unique portrait of New England's yesterdays features vintage photographs from the New Bedford Whaling Museum collection. Recounting the history of photography in the New Bedford area between 1845 and 1920, A Window Back paints an intimate portrait of a bygone era, portraying the working waterfront, farms, city scapes, and people at leisure. It takes us inside the studio and aboard whaling ships. These brief glimpses represent and illuminate our past, giving us a window back on time.