Adirondack Vernacular

Author : Robert Bogdan
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 0815607814

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Adirondack Vernacular by Robert Bogdan Pdf

Henry M. Beach was a prolific and accomplished upstate New York photographer who documented the North Country during the first quarter of the twentieth century. Although much less known and celebrated, Beach's work is as important to the twentieth-century Adirondacks as Seneca Ray Stoddard's is to the nineteenth century. Illustrated with over 250 examples of his work including ten panoramic foldouts, this book covers the range of Beach's subject matter. Robert Bogdan's lively and accessible approach to the photographer's work encourages the reader to explore the North Country's people and places through Beach's photography and life. Although Beach's postcard pictures and other photographs were taken to sell in bulk to hotel managers, tourist shop owners, and other retail merchants, they are not just mass-produced, stylized, pretty pictures. Beside the bubbling brooks and shady woodland paths are factory boomtowns and paper mills belching pollution. As the rails brought increasing numbers of middle-class tourists to the Adirondacks, the wealthy created their own exclusive wilderness playground. Beach photographed dandy visitors at play as well as manual laborers sweating in the forest, logging camps, factories, mines, and construction sites. Images of "great camps" sit next to modest abodes, small stores, and family-owned resorts. Pictures of trains in scenic surroundings give way to mangled wrecks after tragic railroad accidents. In addition to standard view cards, he produced montages and advertisement postcards serious visual commentary as well as lighthearted picture play. Beach's best works stir the heart and provoke the imagination, and his whimsical, down-to-earth approach to photography produced images that are a treat to the eye.

Author : Sally E. Svenson
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780815655855

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Adirondack Photographers, 1850-1950 by Sally E. Svenson Pdf

Just as the new technology of photography was emerging throughout the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, it caught hold in the scenic Adirondack region of upstate New York. Young men and a few women began to experiment with cameras as a way to earn their livings with local portrait work. From photographing individuals, some expanded their subject matter to include families and groups, homes, streetscapes, landmarks, workplaces, and important events—from town celebrations to presidential visits, train wrecks, floods, and fires. These photographers from within and just beyond the park’s borders, as well as those based in the urban areas from which tourists came to the Adirondacks, have been central in defining the region. Adirondack Photographers, 1850–1950 is a comprehensive look at the first one hundred years of photography through the lives of those who captured this unique rural region of New York State. Svenson’s fascinating biographical dictionary of more than two hundred photographers is enriched with over seventy illustrations. While the popularity of some of these photographers is reflected in the number of their images held in the collections of the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, and the Getty Museum, little is known about the diverse backgrounds of the individuals behind their work. A compilation of captivating stories, Adirondack Photographers provides a vivid, intimate account of the evolution of photography, as well as an unusual perspective on Adirondack history.

Author : Thomas A. Gates
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0738535249

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Adirondack Lakes by Thomas A. Gates Pdf

The lakes of the Adirondack region are explored in this superb collection of masterful images, most of which are previously unpublished. The photographs in Adirondack Lakes were taken by well-known and lesser-known photographers of the region, including Seneca Ray Stoddard, George W. Baldwin, H. T. Hull, Katherine E. McClellan, William Kollecker, William L. Distin, and Henry M. Beach. Dating from 1858 to 1948, they are clear, focused, visually engaging, and historically significant. They show the men and women who developed the Adirondacks, from monied entrepreneurs to manual laborers, from hoteliers to roadside attendants, from vacationers to year-round residents-a cast of characters reflecting nearly a century of Adirondack activity.

Author : Megan Plete Postol
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467128810

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Southern Adirondack Foothills Fishing, Hunting, and Trapping by Megan Plete Postol Pdf

The rugged wild of the Adirondack Mountain region of New York has been a haven for sportsmen for hundreds of years. Hunters, fisherman, and trappers have found freedom and solitude in the crisp mountain air and vast expanse of wilderness. This book consists of historical photographs and background information about fishing, hunting, and trapping in the southern Adirondacks. Places mentioned include Remsen, Speculator, Perkins Clearing, and Long Lake, among others. The author is a contributing reporter, photographer, and columnist for the Boonville Herald, and a freelance outdoor writer.

Author : Matt Dallos
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781531502645

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In the Adirondacks by Matt Dallos Pdf

An immersive journey into the past, present, and future of a region many consider the Northeast’s wilderness backyard. Out of all the rural areas of the United States, including those in the West, which are bigger and propped up by more pervasive myths about adventure and nation and wilderness and freedom, the Adirondacks has accumulated a well-known identity beyond its boundaries. Untouched, unspoiled, it is defined by what we haven’t done to it. Combining author Matt Dallos’s personal observations with his thorough research of primary and secondary documents, In the Adirondacks rambles through the region to understand its significance within American culture and what lessons it might offer us for how we think about the environment. In vivid prose, Dallos digs through the region’s past and present to excavate a series of compelling stories and places: a moose named Harold, a hot dog mogul’s rustic mansion, an ecological restoration on an alpine summit, a hermit who demanded a helicopter ride, and a millionaire who dressed up as a Native American to rob a stagecoach. Along the way, Dallos listens to locals and tourists, visits wilderness areas and souvenir shops, and digs through archives in museums and libraries. In the Adirondacks blends lively history and immersive travel writing to explore the Adirondacks that captivated Dallos’s childhood imagination while presenting a compelling and entertaining story about America’s largest park outside of Alaska. The result is an inquisitive journey through the region’s bogs and lakes and boreal forests and the lives of residents and tourists. Dallos turned toward the region to understand why he couldn’t shake it from his mind. What he learned is that he’s not the only one. In the Adirondacks explores the history and future of the most complicated, contested park in North America, raising important questions about the role of environmental preservation and the great outdoors in American history and culture.

Author : Lisa Ballard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493063307

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Hiking the Adirondacks by Lisa Ballard Pdf

This book features the best day hikes and weekend backpacking trips in the mountain wilderness of northeastern New York State. From 360-degree mountaintop views to dramatic waterfalls and pristine ponds, it takes readers to 47 of the most scenic locations, some well-known and others off the beaten path.

Author : Edward I. Pitts
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815655374

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Beaver River Country by Edward I. Pitts Pdf

Encompassing the lands immediately surrounding the upper reaches of the Beaver River from its headwaters at Lake Lila to Beaver Lake at the settlement of Number Four, Beaver River country is the largest undisturbed tract of forest in the entire northeastern United States. During the nineteenth century it was widely considered to be the very heart of the Adirondacks and was visited by thousands of tourists seeking outdoor recreation. The area boasted a busy railroad station, two grand hotels, an exclusive resort, and an elaborate great camp, as well as dozens of guides camps and sporting clubs. Pitts traces the generations of people who inhabited the region, from the ancestors of the Haudenosaunee, to the early European settlers, to the vacation communities and seasonal visitors. With each generation, Pitts shows how Beaver River country escaped the forces that fragmented and destroyed the wilderness in much of the Northeast. The forest and waters that attracted the early visitors are still there, preserved by a combination of happenstance and dedicated effort. Filled with rare vintage photographs, this book is a vivid portrait of this wild region, revealing how it came to be and why it survives.

Author : Luc Sante
Publisher : Verse Chorus Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781891241550

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Folk Photography by Luc Sante Pdf

A penetrating analysis of the real-photo postcard phenomenon of the early 1900s. These cards depict the now vanished world of small-town America, but also represent a pivotal stage in the evolution of photography. Their head-on style inherits something of the plain aesthetic of the Civil War photographers, while anticipating the great 1930s documentary artists such as Walker Evans. Fusing his skills as a chronicler of early 20th-century America, a historian of photography and a keen critic, Sante shows how these postcards offer a revealing 'self-portrait of the American nation'.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X006146439

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Vernacular Architecture Newsletter by Anonim Pdf

Author : Scott McLaughlin
Publisher : Scott McLaughlin
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.)
ISBN : 0965428060

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Don't Drink the Vinegar by Scott McLaughlin Pdf

Author : Janet A. Null
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438466682

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The Adirondack Architecture Guide, Southern-Central Region by Janet A. Null Pdf

Explores the architectural treasures of the Southern-Central region of New York's Adirondack Park and places them in the context of Adirondack history and culture. The Adirondack Architecture Guide, Southern-Central Region provides a professional and insightful survey of the built environment of a unique area within New York’s Adirondack Park. This book is the first field guide to the architecture of the Park, revealing the ordinary and the extraordinary, the remarkable buildings by prominent designers, as well as the hidden, unexpected gems few know exist. Based on more than seven thousand miles of fieldwork and years of research, the guide comprises more than seven hundred sites traversing the geographic range, socioeconomic strata, and historical span of the region from the late 1700s to the present. Organized according to clearly marked travel routes and fourteen tours on the ground and on the water, it features detailed maps and coordinates for each site, along with many beautiful photographs. Also included are eleven companion essays drawing on the expertise of professionals, local historians, and Adirondack residents that delve into the what, where, and why people built in the Adirondacks. Janet A. Null is an award-winning architect and President of Argus Architecture & Preservation, P.C. She lives in upstate New York and has practiced throughout the Adirondack region for more than twenty-five years.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : College students' writings, American
ISBN : HARVARD:32044107293557

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Advocate by Anonim Pdf

Author : Arnold Arluke,Lauren Rolfe
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-27
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9780815652465

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The Photographed Cat by Arnold Arluke,Lauren Rolfe Pdf

With more than 130 illustrations, The Photographed Cat: Picturing Close Human-Feline Ties, 1900–1940 is both an archive and an analytical exploration of the close relationships between Americans and their cats during a period that is significant for photography and for modern understandings of animals as pets. This volume examines the cultural implications of feline companions while also celebrating the intimacy and joys of pets and family photographs. In seven thematic sections, Arluke and Rolfe engage with the collection of antique images as representations of real relationships and of ideal relationships, noting the cultural trends and tropes that occur throughout this increasingly popular practice. Whether as surrogate children, mascots, or companions to women, cats are part of modern American life and visual culture. Entertaining, smart, and filled with a collector’s trove of wonderful images, The Photographed Cat pays homage to the surprising range of relationships we have with cats and offers thoughtful consideration of the ways in which we represent them.

Author : Daniel D. Arreola
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780292752825

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Postcards from the Río Bravo Border by Daniel D. Arreola Pdf

A history in postcards of Mexican tourist towns in the first half of the twentieth century, with nearly two hundred illustrations. Between 1900 and the late 1950s, Mexican border towns came of age both as tourist destinations—in some cases by luring Americans who wanted to escape Prohibition—and as emerging cities. Commercial photographers produced thousands of images of their streets, plazas, historic architecture, and tourist attractions, which were reproduced as photo postcards. Daniel Arreola has amassed one of the largest collections of these border town postcards, and in this book he uses this amazing visual archive to offer a new way of understanding how the border towns grew and transformed themselves in the first half of the twentieth century, as well as how they were pictured to attract American tourists. Postcards from the Río Bravo Border presents nearly two hundred images of five towns on the lower Río Bravo: Matamoros, Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, Piedras Negras, and Villa Acuña. Using multiple images of sites within each city, Arreola tracks changes both within the cities as places and in the ways in which they’ve been pictured for tourist consumption. He also shows how postcard images, when systematically and chronologically arranged, can tell us a great deal about how Mexican border towns have been viewed over time. This innovative visual approach demonstrates that historical imagery, no less than text or maps, can be assembled to tell a fascinating geographical story. “This is masterful cultural geography with rich visual materials, delivered in a unique and compelling fashion.” —Journal of Latin American Geography

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
ISBN : WISC:89102493715

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Adirondack Life by Anonim Pdf