Our town on the Plains
Subtitle: J.J. Pennell's photographs of Junction City, Kansas, 1893-1922
By: James R. Shortridge ; with an essay by John Pultz.
Contributors: Pennell, Joseph Judd, 1866-1922.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Junction City (Kan.) -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.; Junction City (Kan.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Genres: Pictorial works.; Sources.
Description: "By the beginning of the twentieth century, photography had become accessible to average Americans as a means of documenting their lives. Although most people did not yet own cameras, they flocked to commercial photographers for affordable portraits that became the family heirlooms we gape at in wonder today. One of the most accomplished of these photographers was Joseph Judd Pennell of Junction City, Kansas.".

"Our Town on the Plains reproduces more than one hundred of Pennell's best photographs to open up a window on the past.

Taken from 1893 to 1922, these wonderfully crisp images depict a cross section of life in Junction City and nearby Fort Riley: people posing with studio props or in front of their homes, group shots of schools and clubs, commissioned photographs of buildings and businesses, public events like parades and unveilings, and ordinary people at work on their farms and in their shops."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index.