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Picture machine: the rise of American newspictures

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Examines the historical and cultural significance of American news wire picture services, and demonstrates how the images they created captured and molded American identity during such events as the Hindenburg disaster, the Scopes trial, and Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight.

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Making American images / William Hannigan -- Eye news: a short history of picture news in America / Ken Johnston.

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    New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2004

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    • 0810946424
    • 9780810946422

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