Chicago under Glass Early Photographs from the Chicago Daily News

Name: Chicago under Glass Early Photographs from the Chicago Daily News
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ISBN: 9780226089300

ISBN-10: 0226089304

ISBN-13: 9780226089300

Edition: 2007

Authors: Mark Jacob, Richard Cahan, Chicago History Chicago History Museum, Rick Kogan

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When the "Chicago Daily News" closed its doors in March 1978 after over a century of publication, the city mourned the loss of an American original. The "Daily News "boasted the inventive, aggressive writing of such luminaries as Carl Sandburg and Ben Hecht. It was also one of the first newspapers in the country to feature black-and-white photography. In 1900, staffers from the paper's art department began lugging bulky cameras, heavy glass plates, and explosive flash powder throughout the city. A labor strike, a boxing match, or a crime scene--it was all in a day's work for the "Daily News" photographer. These cameramen helped sell papers, but, as Mark Jacob and Richard Cahan reveal, they…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 0.89" wide x 1.02" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 2.948
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



Acknowledgments



Focus and Flash Powder



Well-Heeled and Downtrodden



Hooch and Homicide



Vamps and Vaudevillians



Carnage and Calamity



Sluggers and Southpaws



Politicos and Preachers



Flivvers and Flying Machines



Sidewalks and Skylines


Readings and References


Illustration credits


Index