Author: Yale University. Library. Yale Collection of Western AmericanaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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Catalog
Author: Yale University. Library. Yale Collection of Western AmericanaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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California Local History
Author: California Library AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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San Francisco Lithographer
Author: Robert J. ChandlerPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806145250
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 265
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Grafton Tyler Brown—whose heritage was likely one-eighth African American—finessed his way through San Francisco society by passing for white. Working in an environment hostile to African American achievement, Brown became a successful commercial artist and businessman in the rough-and-tumble gold rush era and the years after the Civil War. Best known for his bird’s-eye cityscapes, he also produced and published maps, charts, and business documents, and he illustrated books, sheet music, advertisements, and labels for cans and other packaging. This biography by a distinguished California historian gives an underappreciated artist and his work recognition long overdue. Focusing on Grafton Tyler Brown’s lithography and his life in nineteenth-century San Francisco, Robert J. Chandler offers a study equally fascinating as a business and cultural history and as an introduction to Brown the artist. Chandler’s contextualization of Brown’s career goes beyond the issue of race. Showing how Brown survived and flourished as a businessman, Chandler offers unique insight into the growth of printing and publishing in California and the West. He examines the rise of lithography, its commercial and cultural importance, and the competition among lithographic companies. He also analyzes Brown’s work and style, comparing it to the products of rival firms. Brown was not respected as a fine artist until after his death. Collectors of western art and Americana now recognize the importance of Californiana and of Brown’s work, some of which depicts Portland and the Pacific Northwest, and they will find Chandler’s checklist, descriptions, and reproductions of Brown’s ephemera—including billheads and maps—as uniquely valuable as Chandler’s contribution to the cultural and commercial history of California. In an afterword, historian Shirley Ann Wilson Moore discusses the circumstances and significance of passing in nineteenth-century America.
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Date index
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Place index
Author: AZn
Author: James D. NorrisPublisher:
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Category : Business enterprises
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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10,000 Famous Freemasons
Author: William DenslowPublisher: Cornerstone Book Publishers
ISBN: 9781887560313
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
This is volume one of four. This very rare and long out of print biographical work is a must for any Mason with a desire for Masonic research. This is NOT a photocopy of the original work, but a completely new, re-type set edition. While a few editorial changes have been made the work is for the most part as it was when first published. The largest change is the addenda that was at the end of the 4th edition. The addenda was a collection of corrections and additions to the work. We have incorporated the corrections and additions into the work itself removing the need for the addenda. DON'T FORGET: This is a FOUR book set with each book sold separately. The ISBNs are: 1887560319, 1887560793, 1887560424 & 1887560068.
Coal Properties ...
Author: International Correspondence Schools. Ltd. (London)Publisher:
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Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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