Capturing the city : photographs from the streets of St. Louis, 1900-1930 /
The St. Louis Street Department in 1900-1930 took thousands of photos to document municipal challenges and improvements, inadvertently capturing detailed scenes of everyday life. The images reveal the national trend among cities to use the camera as a documentary tool, and they showcase the city of...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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St. Louis :
Missouri History Museum Press : Distributed by University of Chicago Press,
[2016]
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| Summary: | The St. Louis Street Department in 1900-1930 took thousands of photos to document municipal challenges and improvements, inadvertently capturing detailed scenes of everyday life. The images reveal the national trend among cities to use the camera as a documentary tool, and they showcase the city of St. Louis at the turn of the century. |
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| Physical Description: | 312 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781883982836 1883982839 |