The Good Old Days--They Were Terrible!

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AuthorOtto Bettmann
PublisherRandom House, Incorporated
Bindinghardcover
PublishedOctober 26, 1974
EditionFirst Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages207
ISBN-100394486897
ISBN-139780394486895
Weight0.8 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L
0.8 in × 6.1 in × 9.4 in

The Good Old Days--They Were Terrible!

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The author asks us to face our past withour nostalgia, while he reports upon humanity's state of being in the era after the civil war. He systematically covers each aspect of life with commentary and uses artwork and engeaving from newspaper from the times. He is the founder of the largest archive of graphics; some 3 million prints and photographs. He was curator of rare books at the Prussian State Art Library in Berlin until he was expelled by the...

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The author asks us to face our past withour nostalgia, while he reports upon humanity's state of being in the era after the civil war. He systematically covers each aspect of life with commentary and uses artwork and engeaving from newspaper from the times. He is the founder of the largest archive of graphics; some 3 million prints and photographs. He was curator of rare books at the Prussian State Art Library in Berlin until he was expelled by the Nazis, and is a widely known graphic historian now living in New York.


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    • Author: Otto Bettmann
    • Format: hardcover
    • Edition: First Edition
    • Publisher: Random House, Incorporated
    • Language: English
    • Pages: 207
    • ISBN-13: 9780394486895
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