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Life On A Midwestern Farm 1880 - 1910Coming Soon. This beautiful eBook (also in print) is based on a recently found, box of dirty antique 4 x 5 inch glass dry plate negatives. The photos were taken by a serious amateur photo enthusiast with considerable knowledge of Fine Art. Every shot is a classical photography gem. This book also provides readers with a basic primer about antique photographic equipment and methods. 40 pages. Color cover with original B&W text and photos throughout.
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Carson Donnell, Prairie ArtistComing Soon. Our current eBook project (also in print). The fascinating story of Post Impressionist painter, Carson Donnell, his poet wife, Euterpe and their Homestead Studio Gallery. Visitors from all over the country came to their barn studio to buy Fine Art Landscapes and Prints.
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106 Pages. This book has a set of 70 hand-colorized views of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Our Introduction discusses early photographic and printing media. This eBook also includes 30 additional Stereo Views of the Fair adapted to 3D for red/blue glasses. Re-live the fun people had after the Fair with their Stereopticons. A linked media soundtrack and tour video clips are provided for those with internet connected devices.
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Note: Amazon sells 50 red/blue paper glasses for under $10
86 Pages. This is a Pictorial eBook compiled from historic stereographic photo cards and other great photographs of the San Francisco disaster in 1906. Edited and Introduction by Robert Whiteside. Features vintage hand-colorized views of the event with first hand accounts. The book also includes 20 stereo views converted for red/blue 3D glasses
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104 Pages. Currier & Ives Scenic lithographs, digitally enhanced. The Introduction includes a brief history of the firm and discusses their roll in the popularization of lithography as the first American mass media. This eBook has insights into19th Century American places and lifestyles.
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104 Pages of digitally restored artwork from vintage music covers. These eBook pages are sized to be printed with your home printer for framing. An Introduction and Historical context about the design and printing of these collectible covers is included in this pictorial eBook. In Adobe Reader, selecting >WINDOW>FULL SCREEN, this pdf eBook becomes a great slideshow for HD or even UHD screens.
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This 112 page eBook is a larger file than most because the pages are sized to print on your home printer or to view as a Full Screen slide show on HD or UHD monitors. These selections are from thousands of song covers in the time before radio and records, chosen for artistic or graphic design interest or just because they were strange. There is an Introduction by Editor, Robert Whiteside and an article by music historian, Rick Reublin about the printing process that started this turn-of-the-century home entertainment mass media. Volume Two contains some covers by famous commercial artists and some that reference celebrities from the early 20th Century, like Mary Pickford.
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