TY - BOOK ID - 79480161 TI - Galleries of friendship and fame : a history of nineteenth-century American photograph albums. PY - 2010 SN - 9780300154061 PB - New Haven (Conn.) Yale university press DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of culture KW - Photography KW - photograph albums KW - popular culture KW - anno 1800-1899 KW - United States KW - Photograph albums KW - Popular culture KW - 77.035 KW - fotoalbums KW - fotografie KW - negentiende eeuw KW - portretfotografie KW - Verenigde Staten KW - visitekaartjes KW - 77.041.5 KW - 77 "18" KW - 77 <73> KW - Culture, Popular KW - Mass culture KW - Pop culture KW - Popular arts KW - Communication KW - Intellectual life KW - Mass society KW - Recreation KW - Culture KW - Photo albums KW - Photographs KW - Albums KW - Photobooks KW - 77.041.5 Fotografie--Portretfotografie KW - Fotografie--Portretfotografie KW - 77 "18" Fotografie--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 KW - Fotografie--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 KW - 77 <73> Fotografie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA KW - Fotografie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA KW - History KW - Social life and customs KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79480161 AB - Galleries of Friendship and Fame is the first comprehensive investigation of the origin, development, and practices of 19th-century American photograph albums. In this fascinating book, the author argues that the album—whether functioning as family record, parlor entertainment, social register, national portrait gallery, or advertisement for photography itself—helped transform the nature of self-presentation at the cusp of modernity. This handsome volume examines carte de visite and cabinet card albums from their introduction in the United States in 1861 through the rise of the snapshot at the century’s end. By examining a wealth of previously overlooked primary materials, this study offers a completely new understanding of photograph albums, revealing how they emerged, how they were marketed and sold, and how families displayed and told stories through them. Galleries of Friendship and Fame addresses the history of technology and innovation, the interconnectedness of the commercial and domestic spheres, and the ways photography helped shape notions of identity, family, and nation in a rapidly changing America. ER -