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One Hundred and Fifty Years of Change on the Great Plains
Peterson, A. Townsend
Peterson, A. Townsend
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Abstract
Robert Benecke (1835-1903) was a St. Louis photographer who was hired by the Kansas Pacific Railroad to take promotional photographs along the entire length of the Railroad. Benecke traveled from Kansas City to Denver in the early 1870s, creating a rich legacy of views of the Great Plains at a very early date. In this book, Benecke's landscape photographs are paired with new photographs of the same views. Comparing the old and new photographs, the reader can appreciate how the region has changed in terms of its landscape, vegetation, and human and natural systems over the 150 year time span.
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This book presents pairs of photographs from across the Great Plains, taken in 1873-1874 and in 2021-2023. It has been presented as an open-access ebook, and is also available in hard-copy format on a print-on-demand basis at https://www.lulu.com/shop/a-townsend-peterson/one-hundred-and-fifty-years-of-change-on-the-great-plains/hardcover/product-gjg74wm.html
Note: This ebook is best viewed in two-page spreads, so you can compare the old and new photographs side-by-side.
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2024-03
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University of Kansas Libraries
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Repeat photography, Rephotography, Robert Benecke, Landscape change, Great Plains