Wisconsin Death Trip. With a preface by Warren Susman. Rare 4to (260 x 190 mm

4to (260 x 190 mm

205 black & white photographs

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Japanese binding

Wisconsin Death Trip. With a preface by Warren Susman. Rare 4to (260 x 190 mmFirst edition. 163 black & white photographs.From the years 1890 through 1910, Charles Van Schaick, the town photographer of a small Wisconsin community took over 30,000 photographs. The negatives were left after his death, and by this accident of history, an extraordinary picture of a small town under the impact of the Great Depression has proved posible. It was by chance that this book is about this town. It was extraordinary good luck that Van