Panoramic Photographs: Taking the Long View, 1851-1991

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The Panoramic Photograph Collection contains approximately four thousand images featuring American cityscapes, landscapes, and group portraits. These panoramas offer an overview of the nation, its enterprises and its interests, with a focus on the start of the twentieth century when the panoramic photo format was at the height of its popularity. Subject strengths include: agricultural life; beauty contests; disasters; engineering work such as bridges, canals and dams; fairs and expositions; military and naval activities, especially during World War I; the oil industry; schools and college campuses, sports, and transportation. The images date from 1851 to 1991 and depict scenes in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. More than twenty foreign countries and a few U.S. territories are also represented. These panoramas average between twenty-eight inches and six feet in length, with an average width of ten inches.

Agriculture.
Civil engineering.
Disasters.
Exhibitions.
Fairs.
Industry.
Military facilities.
Mining.
Sports.

World War I
Travel and Transportation
General Resources
American Culture

Arts

Photography

Social Studies

United States history

North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)

1850-1899
1900-1929
1930-1949
1950-1969
1970-1999

Photographs / slides / negatives
Panoramic photographs

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Certain items are made available here with the permission of the copyright owners. Please contact the Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress for information on how to contact those rights owners for permission for any other uses. These items include the photographs by: Oscar Bailey, Barbara Crane, Elliott Erwitt, Michael A. Smith, Josef Sudek, Laura Volkerding, and the image credited to the Hagley Museum and Library.;After extensive research, the rights status of several images, particularly of events and locations outside the United States, were unascertainable. As with all American Memory materials, keep in mind that these images are made available here strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes. We invite users to contact us with any information they may have particularly with regard to these items: Moscow, Russia (LOT 7352, no. 16 and 18; LOT 7354 no. 33; LOT 7404, no. 8); Yokohama, Japan (LOT 3696, panorama no. 1); Chuquicamata, Chile (LOT 8854, panorama no. 1 and no. 2); Mexico City, Mexico (PAN FOR GEOG - Mexico, no. 1); and Panama (PAN FOR GEOG - Panorama, no. 40, 41, 50, and 71).

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ListSets title: Records for Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991