Showing posts with label Dover. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dover. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Victorian Fashion in America: 264 Vintage Photographs (Dover Fashion and Costumes)

Victorian Fashion in America: 264 Vintage Photographs (Dover Fashion and Costumes) Review



Compelling pictorial archive of 264 vintage photographs, selected from rare tintypes and other authentic materials (1850s–1910), depict little girls in their mothers' hats and clothes, sisters wearing identical plaid dresses and button boots, a young man in an everyday suit and bowler hat, a boy dressed in Little Lord Fauntleroy style, and scores of other.


Sunday, January 15, 2012

Great Photographs from Daguerre to the Great Depression CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art)

Great Photographs from Daguerre to the Great Depression CD-ROM and Book (Dover Electronic Clip Art) Review



This survey features 139 historic and memorable black-and-white images, taken by more than 100 masters of photography, including Daguerre, Nadar, Talbot, Carroll, Stieglitz, Riis, Hine, and Brady. Ranging from the 1830s to the early 20th century, it features many Depression-era documentary photographs by Evans, Lange, and others.


Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Snowflakes in Photographs (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Snowflakes in Photographs (Dover Pictorial Archive) Review



Remarkable revelations of nature's diversity, revealed in hundreds of snowflake images taken by American photographer Bentley during a 50-year period. Over 850 illustrations of snow crystals, with no two designs exactly alike, will inspire artists, designers, and craftspeople in search of extraordinary patterns for textiles, wallpaper, and other creative projects.