The 2016 New England Journal of Photographic History, #174, is themed around the art and practice of portraiture. Contents: Two Sides of 19th-Century Photography, how studio photographers strove to differentiate themselves on both the fronts and backs of their photos; The Creation of the Polaroid Portrait Land Camera – The Big Shot – and how Andy Warhol made it famous; The Dunshees, the seven-decade saga of a Vermont family of itinerant 19th-century photographers; The Historic E.B. Luce Collection, a behind-the-scenes look at the acquisition, conservation, preservation and presentation of Worcester Historical Museum’s 75,000-image Luce Collection – an in-depth portrait of Worcester, MA; plus selected potato portraits and a brief history of selfies. 

Published by: PHSNE – The Photographic Historical Society of New England, Inc. 

Specs: Standard 8.25″ x 10.75″ 80 pages  Perfect-bound © 2016

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2016 PHSNE Journal #174 – Supplementary Materials

Photographs by Nineteenth-Century Boston and Massachusetts Commercial Photographers

Those drawn to day-to-day nineteenth-century studio photography may be interested in two Boston Athenæum collections of Boston and Massachusetts photographers. The collections are in two parts: Part I currently contains more than 1,600 cartes de visite and cabinet prints from nineteenth-century Boston studios; Part II is a smaller collection, currently with approximately 600 photographs from other Massachusetts cities and towns. The collections are available to all researchers by appointment. There are also four online finding aids.  Use the links below and click on double arrow in upper right-hand corner to expand the finding aid. 

Boston collection

Study collection of nineteenth-century Boston photographers: Cartes de visite – Finding Aids – (bostonathenaeum.org)

Study collection of nineteenth-century Boston photographers: Cartes de visite: Cabinet cards – Finding Aids – (bostonathenaeum.org)

Massachusetts collection

[Study collection of nineteenth-century Massachusetts photographers] : Cartes de visite – Finding Aids – (bostonathenaeum.org)

[Study collection of nineteenth-century Massachusetts photographers] : Cabinet cards – Finding Aids – (bostonathenaeum.org)

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The Creation of the Polaroid Big Shot, by David DeJean

Andy Warhol and the Big Shot, by Ryck Lent

A Gallery of Photographs by the Dunshee Family: Nineteenth-Century Commercial Photographers, by Ron Polito & Bonnie Regelman

A Dunshee Family Map

A Gallery of Work by Edwin Bradbury Luce: Massachusetts Photographer, ca. 1881 to 1939, by Ryck Lent & Ron Polito

Behind the Curtain: A History of the Photobooth, by Mark Bloch