Picturing the century : one hundred years of photography from the National Archives / by Bruce I. Bustard.

Main entry:

Bustard, Bruce I., 1954-

Title & Author:

Picturing the century : one hundred years of photography from the National Archives / by Bruce I. Bustard.

Publication:

Description:

vii, 136 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC from March 1999 to Jan. 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (page 136).
Picturing the century -- A new century -- The Great War & the New Era -- The Great Depression & the New Deal -- A world in flames -- Postwar America -- Century's end.

Summary:

To mark the end of the 20th century, Picturing the Century selects 200 photographs from one of the world's largest photographic archives, the vast collections of the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC, regional records facilities, and Presidential libraries. The photographs depict momentous events, illustrate changes in American society, capture the hopes and fears of the American people. At the same time, they demonstrate the role of government photography in the United States. Photographs from the vast collections of the National Archives and Records Administration, including the Presidential libraries, depict momentous events & capture the hopes and fears of the American people throughout the 20th century. Includes work by Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lane, Walter Lubken, Lewis Hine, George Ackerman, Charles Fenno Jacobs, Yoichi Okamoto, & Dany Lyon.

ISBN:

0295977728 (sc ; alk. paper)
9780295977720 (sc ; alk. paper)

Subject:

United States. National Archives and Records Administration Photograph collections Exhibitions.
National Archives and Records Administration (États-Unis) Collections de photographies Expositions.
United States. National Archives and Records Administration
USA National Archives and Records Service
National archives and records service (Etats-Unis) Collections de photographies Catalogues d'exposition.
Washington (D.C.) National Archives and Records Service of the United States.
Photograph collections Washington (D.C.) Exhibitions.
Photography United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
Photographs Collectors and collecting Washington (D.C.) Exhibitions.
Photographies Collectionneurs et collections Washington (D.C.) Expositions.
Photographie États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Collections de photographies Washington (D.C.) Expositions.
21.42 history of photographic art.
Photograph collections
Photography
Ausstellung
Fotografie
Collections publiques États-Unis.
Photographie États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle Catalogues d'exposition.
United States. national Archives and Records Administration Photograph collections - Exhibitions.
Photography United States - History - 20th century - Exhibitions.
United States Pictorial works.
United States
Washington (D.C.)
USA

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Ausstellungskatalog Washington, DC (1999)
Exhibition catalogues (form)
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

United States. National Archives and Records Administration.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232733
Call No.: TR6.U6 W18 1999
Status: Available

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