Stokes, J.R. Imaging Pictorial Collections at the Library of Congress. Photography on the Web. A Guide to High-Tech Concepts. Robert J. Cone, revised and updated by Patricia Barnes-Svarney. Softcover, with 133 pages, illus., bibliog., index.
Cone advises most readers to start with section two.
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