The Kansas Historical Quarterly, 1934, Vol. 3

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Kansas Historical Quarterly, 1934, Vol. 3: Kansas Historical Collections, Vol; XX To be specific, the photographs available in the Kansas State Historical Society as important historic evidence are practically unknown, even among professional historians. The particular Object of this paper is not to present an exhaustive photographic history of the state, however, but to call attention to such material as it exists and to emphasize the importance of the photographic method of recording history and the value of adding similar material by donations from interested individuals who possess photographs of historic value. The development Of American photography may be brie y out lined by the following chronology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."