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Title:Strange Days, Dangerous Nights : Photos from the Speed Graphic Era
Author:Larry Millett; Foreword by John Sandford
ISBN:0873515048 : 9780873515047
Illustrations:220 b/w photos
Format:Hardback
Size:285x285mm
Pages:216
Weight: 1.455 Kg.
Published:Minnesota Historical Society Press - October 2004
List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Photographic reportage: Social & cultural history: Press & journalism: Minnesota


Driven by the desire to fill newspaper pages with sensational images, press photographers shot everything, day and night: automobile accidents, fires, murders, all the cop news that fought for a hot spot on the Front Page. And they covered uncounted numbers of social affairs -- pictures called 'grip-and-grins' in the trade: school events, sports, celebrities, oddities both of nature and humanity. Veteran journalist and mystery writer Larry Millett has unearthed over 200 of the best photos from the archives of the St Paul Pioneer Press and the St Paul Dispatch for 'Strange Days, Dangerous Nights'. Included are the sensational stories behind the photos and biographies of some of the top press photographers of the day. An evocative look at another time, this is a visual history like no other, a feast for fans of photography and photojournalism, crime buffs, and urban historians -- and a testament to the craft of those photographers who documented their era one shot at a time.