Panoramas of promise : Pacific Northwest cities and towns on nineteenth-century lithographs / John W. Reps.

Main entry:

Reps, John William.

Title & Author:

Panoramas of promise : Pacific Northwest cities and towns on nineteenth-century lithographs / John W. Reps.

Publication:

Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University Press, 1984.

Description:

11 unnumbered preliminary pages, 93 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 26 cm

Series:

Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn lectures in Pacific Northwest history

Notes:
"Foreword" by David H. Stratton.
Includes bibliographical references (page 93).
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Beginning with Henry James Warre's view of Oregon City in 1846 and concluding with highly technical panoramas of Seattle and Portland by artists like E. S. Glover and Augustus Koch, John Reps demonstrates what lithographs of Pacific Northwest communities can tell us about the past. The text is illustrated by 44 beautiful, detailed drawings, eight in color. Source: Publisher." -- Google Books viewed August 7, 2020.

ISBN:

0874220165
9780874220162
0874220173 (pbk.)
9780874220179 (pbk.)

Subject:

Northwest, Pacific, in art.
Cities and towns Northwest, Pacific Pictorial works.
Lithography 19th century.
Lithographie 19e siècle.
Cities and towns.
Lithography.
Pacific Northwest.
Northwest, Pacific In art.

Form/genre:

Pictorial works.

Added entries:

Stratton, David H. (David Hodges), 1927- writer of foreword.
United States Washington (State) d Pullman.
Sherman and Mabel Smith Pettyjohn lectures in Pacific Northwest history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 76118
Call No.: ID:92-B425
Status: Available

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