Picture Machine: The Rise of American Newspictures

by Ken Johnston and William Hannigan

Book Overview

The insatiable demand for photographic images in the early decades of the 20th century led the news wire agencies to create a comprehensive record of American life. Among the 300 photographs included in these pages are pictures of major events such as the crash of the Hindenburg, the Scopes trial and Charles Lindbergh after his trans-Atlantic flight. It is not however just a chronology of world events or a collection of iconographic images. Equally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810946424
• ISBN13: 9780810946422
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 4.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.0" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary