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Title: Old New York in Early Photographs by Mary Black ISBN: 0-486-22907-6 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1973 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: There are better collections out there
Comment: The print quality of the photos in OLD NEW YORK IN EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS is quite good, better than most. And the quantity of the photographs is equally impressive. And that's about it for the positives.
Arranged by neighborhood, the photos have little else to do with each other. There is no unifying theme holding the photos together. Not that every collection ought to have a theme as powerful as Jacob Riis' HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES, but these photos seem so haphazardly arranged. The scanty text doesn't even attempt to explain how the individual vignettes came about, or how it relates to the particiular time in New York's history that the photo was taken. And, of course, Manhattan is the only borough represented here. I suppose the citizens of the other four boroughs had yet to climb down from their trees and build fires, never mind operate cameras.
Rocco Dormarunno from ooog-ooog Brooklyn
Rating: 3
Summary: The Big Apple Box
Comment: If one desires a book of page-size, sterile photos of substantial structures (with minimal captions) this volume will certainly fill the bill. If, however, one prefers historical snapshots of people amidst the buildings or scenes of shacks or tenements, be forewarned that these are few and far between. Also, in number, the later-in-time pictures tend to predominate. Thus, if the viewer is looking to gaze a la Gangs of New York, some of the wordier texts provide much more appropriate photographic fodder.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent for historians and genealogists.
Comment: This book features 196 carefully chosen photos from the New-York Historical Society, arranged by neighborhood from the Battery to the Bronx (though the emphasis is on Manhattan). These superb photos document the changing face of New York City -- not only the buildings (from mansions to shacks), but the people, clothing styles, and modes of transportation. A succinct description accompanies each, pointing out features of interest. Some focal points are presented in several photos taken years or decades apart. An excellent book for anyone who wants to really get a sense of the times.
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Title: The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of Nearly 400 Years of New York City's History by Eric Homberger ISBN: 0805060049 Publisher: Owl Books (NY) Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: New York Life at the Turn of the Century in Photographs by Joseph Byron ISBN: 0486248631 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 July, 1985 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: New York Then and Now: 83 Manhattan Sites Photographed in the Past and in the Present (Then & Now Views) by Edward B. Watson, Edmund Vincent Gillon ISBN: 0486233618 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 March, 1977 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Lost New York, Revised and Updated Edition by Nathan Silver ISBN: 0618054758 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 08 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (The History of NYC Series) by Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace ISBN: 0195140494 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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