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|  | Nassau County, Long Island, in Early Photographs by Bette Weidman, Linda Martin 175 vintage photos recall aspects of life on Long Island from post-Civil War to modern era. Village life, agriculture, local industries, celebrities, early aviation and movie industries, fabulous estates, beaches, much more.
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|  | Eadweard Muybridge: The Father of the Motion Picture by Gordon Hendricks Fascinating, profusely illustrated biography of Muybridge, whose groundbreaking work in photography unfolded against a backdrop of controversy and murder. Details his stormy relationship with Leland Stanford and influence on Remington, Duchamp, and other artists.
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Old Brooklyn in Early Photographs, 1865-1929 by William Lee Younger 157 photographs, many never before reprinted, show the vitality and variety of old Brooklyn: waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton Street, Brooklyn Heights, Ebbets Field, Luna Park, Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach Hotel, more.
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|  | Snow Crystals by W. A. Bentley, W. J. Humphreys Over 2,000 clear photomicrographs printed on black background of snow crystals. Also frost, rime, hail, etc. Brief text on methodology of research. Absolutely inexhaustible source of design. 202 plates.
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| Products in General |  |  |  | Animals in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge Nearly 4,000 photographs in series, stopped action, of horses, cats, lions, deer, kangaroos, etc. Indispensable for animal artists. Classic of 19th-century photography.
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| | |  | Camera Work: A Pictorial Guide by Alfred Stieglitz All 559 illustrations from most important periodical of art photography. Reduced in size but still clear, in strict chronological order, with complete captions.
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| |  | Creative Photography: Aesthetic Trends 1839-1960 by Helmut Gernsheim First authoritative, comprehensive study of photography from a purely aesthetic point of view, spanning its history from daguerreotypes to modern photo-reportage. 240 superb photographs. First inexpensive paperback edition.
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|  | Cruickshank’s Photographs of Birds of America by Allan D. Cruickshank Great ornithologist, photographer presents 177 closeups, groupings, panoramas, flightings of about 150 different birds. Expanded Wings in the Wilderness. "The most magnificent bird photographs in the world..." — Commonweal.
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| |  | Eadweard Muybridge: The Father of the Motion Picture by Gordon Hendricks Fascinating, profusely illustrated biography of Muybridge, whose groundbreaking work in photography unfolded against a backdrop of controversy and murder. Details his stormy relationship with Leland Stanford and influence on Remington, Duchamp, and other artists.
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|  | Garden City, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1869-1919 by Mildred H. Smith Handsome treasury of 118 vintage pictures, accompanied by captions, document the Garden City Hotel fire (1899), the Vanderbilt Cup Race (1908), the first airmail flight departing from the Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome (1911), more.
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| |  | Horses and Other Animals in Motion: 45 Classic Photographic Sequences by Eadweard Muybridge Horses hauling, walking, trotting, etc., plus sequences of donkeys, an ox, pig, dog, cat, deer, and other animals capture details of anatomy and movement with astonishing clarity.
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|  | How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis This famous journalistic record of the filth and degradation of New York's slums at the turn of the century is a classic in social thought and of early American photography. Over 100 photographs.
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|  | The Human Figure in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge The 4,789 photographs in this definitive selection show the human figure — models almost all undraped — engaged in over 160 different types of action: running, climbing stairs, etc.
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| |  | Men at Work by Lewis W. Hine Construction workers, railroad men, factory workers, miners, Empire State Building construction. 69 photos in all.
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| |  | Mr. Lincoln’s Camera Man: Mathew B. Brady by Roy Meredith Over 300 Brady photos reproduced directly from original negatives. Photos, lively commentary on Jackson, Webster, Grant, Lee, Carnegie, Barnum, Lincoln, Battle Smoke, Death of Rebel Sniper, Atlanta Just After Capture, more.
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|  | Nantucket Then and Now by John W. McCalley These 210 exceptional photographs show the same scene viewed both in early photos and in more recent photos. Island has absorbed modern era while remaining untouched — text tells how.
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|  | Nassau County, Long Island, in Early Photographs by Bette Weidman, Linda Martin 175 vintage photos recall aspects of life on Long Island from post-Civil War to modern era. Village life, agriculture, local industries, celebrities, early aviation and movie industries, fabulous estates, beaches, much more.
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