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This panoramic photograph was created from three different prints, as we can see from the seams between the photographs.For another example of a panoramic photographic, see the group portrait of plumbers and steamfitters.This album is part of…

Codex. 16 x 24 cm.
N 7433.4 V42 A6 P37 2002

Papillons Européens: Nocturnes, Crépusculaires, et Diurnes demonstrates a method of recording specimens that predates photography: the nature print. With a nature print, the specimen itself is used to make an impression so that, as with…

The cover of Miriam Green Ellis' book 'Pathfinders', published by the Canadian Women's Press Club. This volume chronicled the history of the CWPC.

Altered Book. 13 x 19 cm.
N 7433.4 S8795 A6 P38 2000z

Elizabeth Driver notes that this booklet must date from at least 1928, when the Border Canning Company of British Columbia opened a new plant in Edmonton (Culinary 1114). A thousand acres of land were leased and seeded to supply the new plant, which…

This series of postcards from the collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague provides a striking example of the transition from Pictorialism towards straight photography among twentieth-century photographers. The postcards were issued in…