Pennsylvania. History of Photography in Pennsylvania. Special Issue of Pennsylvania History, 64:2 (Spring 1997). Untitled (Friends of Photography) Essays by John J

Essays by John J

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Pennsylvania. History of Photography in Pennsylvania. Special Issue of Pennsylvania History, 64:2 (Spring 1997). Untitled (Friends of Photography) Essays by John JEdited by Linda A. Ries. [Includes articles on Marcus Aurelius Root, Francis L. Cooper (amateur), early Pittsburgh photographers, John F. Nice, Elias Goldensky, Thomas Eakins, early oil industry, Mifflin and Engle, Black daguerreotypist Glenalvin J. Goodridge, Julius Sachse, and the Raymond Holland Collection. Winner of the 1997 MARAC Arline Custer Award for publications.] Signed by Gary Saretzky, author of "Elias Goldensky: Wizard of Photography,"