Toronto's Visual Legacy: Official City Photography from 1856 to the Present

MacKinnon, Steve; Teeple, Karen; Dale, Michele

ISBN 10: 1552774082 / ISBN 13: 9781552774083

Verlag: James Lorimer & Company Limited., Publishers, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2009

Beschreibung

Designed to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Toronto's incorporation, this lavishly illustrated, stunning book is full of hundreds of period black-and-white photographs drawn from official city archives, including the rare set of 25 panoramic images of downtown sent to Britain in 1857 as the city made its bid to become the capital of the Province of Canada. The photos & text offer a unique perspective on a modern urban area's development from its infancy across nearly two centuries. Oversized hardcover with matte black boards & silver lettering to front cover & spine is Fine in Fine, unclipped DJ: both are virtually flawless & look, feel, & smell nearly brand new! GUARANTEED gift-giving quality! Completely clean & tight & square; NO writing, underlining, or highlighting. NOT ex-lib. NO fading or creasing to DJ, which has been protected in new archival mylar cover. Photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand.SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or international shipping without preapproval of extra (at least double) postage per USPS rates. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009004

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Toronto's Visual Legacy: Official City ...

Verlag: James Lorimer & Company Limited., Publishers, Toronto, ON, Canada

Erscheinungsdatum: 2009

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: First Edition First Printing

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"Mayor David Miller will launch the City's commemorative book entitled, Toronto's Visual Legacy: Official Photography from 1856 to the Present. Based on the extensive photographic holdings of the City's Archives, the book provides an impressive and visually rich history of 140 years of urban development, municipal initiatives and major civic events."--Neil Ross"The Arts Junction" (03/06/2009)

"But rarely has the city's photographic record been presented so comprehensively. With high-quality reproductions--a great many of which aren't even available through the digitized collection of the archives--the book keeps drawing the reader back to discover hitherto hidden details, like a pair of long underwear drying on windowsill, or to imagine biographies for anonymous people. The extensive notes do a particularly good job of orientating the reader to a photograph's unfamiliar terrain or context. ... Toronto's Visual Legacy will remain an essential volume of local history."--Kevin Plummer"Torontoist" (03/05/2009)

"Mayor David Miller will launch the City's commemorative book entitled, Toronto's Visual Legacy: Official Photography from 1856 to the Present. Based on the extensive photographic holdings of the City's Archives, the book provides an impressive and visually rich history of 140 years of urban development, municipal initiatives and major civic events."

"But rarely has the city's photographic record been presented so comprehensively. With high-quality reproductions--a great many of which aren't even available through the digitized collection of the archives--the book keeps drawing the reader back to discover hitherto hidden details, like a pair of long underwear drying on windowsill, or to imagine biographies for anonymous people. The extensive notes do a particularly good job of orientating the reader to a photograph's unfamiliar terrain or context. ... Toronto's Visual Legacy will remain an essential volume of local history."

"But rarely has the city's photographic record been presented so comprehensively. With high-quality reproductions--a great many of which aren't even available through the digitized collection of the archives--the book keeps drawing the reader back to discover hitherto hidden details, like a pair of long underwear drying on windowsill, or to imagine biographies for anonymous people. The extensive notes do a particularly good job of orientating the reader to a photograph's unfamiliar terrain or context. ... Toronto's Visual Legacy will remain an essential volume of local history."

--Kevin Plummer"Torontoist" (03/05/2009)