The First Americans: Photographs from the Library of Congress (Library of Congress Classics)
by By Library of Congress (COR) and Goetzmann, William H.
Category: Photography , History

Surveys the remarkable range of photography of Native Americans produced by professional photographers and filed for copyright at the Library of Congress between the Gilded Age and the Great Depression. Some 100 stunning b&w photographs (by Edward S. Curtis, among others) are accompanied by Goetzmann's lucid account of the photographers and of the public they supplied with its own chosen perceptions of native culture. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.