Title Picturing the century : one hundred years of photography from the National Archives / by Bruce I. Bustard

Published Washington, DC : National Archives and Records Adminstration in association with the University of Washington Press, Seattle, [1999] ©1999

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Description vii, 136 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm Contents Picturing the Century: One hundred Years of Photography from the National Archives -- A New Century. Portfolio: Walter Lubken. Portfolio: Lewis Hine -- The Great War & the New Era. Portfolio: George Ackerman -- The Great Depression & the New Deal. Portfolio: Dorothea Lange. Portfolio: Ansel Adams -- A World in Flames. Portfolio: Charles Fenno Jacobs -- Postwar America. Portfolio: Yoichi Okamoto -- Century's End. Portfolio: Danny Lyon Summary Marking the end of the 20th century, Picturing the Century selects 157 photographs from one of the world's largest photographic archives - the vast collections of the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC, regional records facilities, and Presidential libraries. The photographs depict momentous events, illustrate changes in American society, capture the hopes and fears of the America people. At the same time, they demonstrate the role of Government photography in the United States Notes Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC from March 1999 to Jan. 2001 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 136) Subject United States. National Archives and Records Administration -- Photograph collections -- Exhibitions. Photograph collections -- Washington (D.C.) -- Exhibitions. Photography -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs. History. Catalogs. Author United States. National Archives and Records Administration. LC no. 98044102 ISBN 0295977728 sc alkaline paper

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