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Portrait of a Port - Boston, 1852-1914 (Paperback, New edition) Loot Price: R654
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Portrait of a Port - Boston, 1852-1914 (Paperback, New edition): W. H. Bunting

Portrait of a Port - Boston, 1852-1914 (Paperback, New edition)

W. H. Bunting

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Two hundred and thirty-four striking photographs of the port of Boston combine with interpretive commentary to recapture the flavor, buoyancy, and excitement of the city's years as one of the two or three great American ports. After the Civil War Boston underwent a radical and successful transformation from a declining mercantile home port to an important and competitive modern seaport. At the same time the transition from sail to steam was taking place. Photographic studies of deep water sail and steam vessels, naval ships, fishing boats, catboats, tugs, schooners, and sloops, and of the picturesque wharves--all create a kaleidoscopic visual history of these years of change.

The volume offers, as well, some of the most distinguished early work in photography, including the widest selection ever published of photographs by pioneer marine photographer Nathaniel Stebbins.

General

Imprint: The Belknap Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 1994
First published: 1994
Compiled by: W. H. Bunting
Dimensions: 229 x 197 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 538
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-69076-9
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Transport industries > Shipping industries > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 0-674-69076-1
Barcode: 9780674690769

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