Making Culture Visible
Subtitle: Photography and its Display at Industrial Fairs, International Exhibitions and Institutional Exhibitions in the United States 1847-1900 (Documenting the Image)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9789058231390
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Photography & Photographs; Popular culture; Photo Essays; Photography; History - General History; USA; General; Photography / History; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions
First sentence: The "modern" industrial fair was a phenomenon of the nineteenth century, a vehicle for connecting the public with current advances in all types of industry and the arts.