[ebooks] Granada Hills by Jim Hier in Arts-Photography

Description

Beginning around 1865; as the fledgling art and science of photography began to appear in cities and towns across the United States; a small group of photographers; using new methods and equipment developed a few years before in Europe; began producing and offering for sale stereographic views of the people; places; and events that made up daily life in the then nearly 40-year-old city of Grand Rapids. These photographic views were unlike othersthat had preceded them and when viewed using a special device; they presented a detailed; three-dimensional portrait of the young city. Once introduced; stereographic views of the city; alongside those of more distant lands; became wildly popular and soon graced the homes of many in this city and elsewhere. The stereographic cards themselves today offer a rare and detailed glimpse ofthe city; its residents; and some of the special and unusual events that occurred nearly 150 years ago.