ISBN: 9780393051605 - America by the Yard – Cirkut Camera, Images from the Twentieth Century: Images from the Early Twentieth Century (11 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Norton, New York, 2006. Hardcover, 216 pp. 1st edition, 1st printing (full number line). Oversize format (horizontal). Historic and impressive panoramic photos taken with the Cirkut, a rotating camera patented in 1904. With numerous fold-out pages. Fine condition. ** Heavy or oversize Item. An extra shipping charge may apply.**.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, with dust wrapper. Some light thumbing of boards. Gently handled. This book is in very good condition. Dust wrapper lightly thumbed, otherwise in very good condition. *We try to describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound. This book weighs over 1kg and will attract extra postage to destinations outside of Australia. Please contact bookseller for postage quote.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. An astonishing collection of early panoramic photographs, many up to 5 feet wide. This book is both a history of an unusual camera and a splendid display of its product. "Yard longs," as the Cirkut camera's huge panoramic photographs were called, caused a sensation after the camera's introduction in the early twentieth century. Cirkut cameras were used to record scenic vistas, epic events, and group photographs of conventioneers, workers, soldiers, and students. Here, with many foldouts that show the prints in their full glory, are such historic moments as the building of the Panama Canal, the sunken battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, the crash of the dirigible Shenandoah, the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, the 1908 Wellesley graduating class, and a very early race at the Indianapolis Speedway. More mundane subjectsâ"a bathing beauty contest, locomotive factory workersâ"are equally fascinating in this format. Collectively these panoramas form a remarkable portrait of America at the turn of the last century. .…