Author | : Oscar Dean Beisert |
File Size | : 43,6 Mb |
Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 28 March 2024 |
ISBN | : 9780811705691 |
Pages | : 130 pages |
The Photography of Henry K Landis by Oscar Dean Beisert Book PDF Summary
A collection of photographs documenting a diverse array of lifestyles in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Pennsylvania and New York by amateur photographer Henry K. Landis (1865-1955)Rich views of turn-of-the-century street life of immigrant communities in New York City, comfortable middle-class lifestyles in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and boating and leisure on Long IslandShots of natural areas in Central Pennsylvania, the agricultural living of the Pennsylvania Dutch in Lancaster, and the beginnings of the photographerâ (TM)s Landis Valley Museum, housing his vast collections of artifacts