The American image : photographs from the National Archives, 1860-1960 / Exhibitions staff, Office of Educational Programs, National Archives and Records Service. General Services Administration ; with an introduction by Alan Trachtenberg
Introduction: Photographs as symbolic history / by Alan Trachtenberg -- Prelude -- Civil War (the Brady Collection) -- The growing nation -- 19th century portraits -- The turn of the century -- World War I -- Between the wars -- Coal Mines Administration survey -- World War II -- After World War II