America by the Yard: Cirkut Camera: Images from the Early Twentieth Century

by Robert B. MacKay

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This book is both a history of an unusual camera and a splendid display of its product. "Yard longs," as the Cirkut camera's huge panoramic photographs were called, caused a sensation after the camera's introduction in the early twentieth century. Cirkut cameras were used to record scenic vistas, epic events, and group photographs of conventioneers, workers, soldiers, and students. Here, with many foldouts that show the prints in their full glory,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0393051609

ISBN13:9780393051605

Release Date:December 2006

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:216 Pages

Weight:5.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 11.4" x 18.3"

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Arts, Music & Photography Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions Education & Reference Equipment Equipment, Techniques & Reference History Photo Essays Photography Visual Arts

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