A Promising Venture: Shaker Photographs from the WPA

A Promising Venture: Shaker Photographs from the WPA

Authors

Lesley Herzberg

Type of Work

Book

Files

Publication Date

2012

Publisher

Richard W. Couper Press

City

Clinton, NY, USA

Series

American Communal Societies Series

ISBN

9781937370039

Abstract

In 1936 the Index of American Design commissioned photographer Noel Vincentini to photograph the Shaker villages of Mount Lebanon, Hancock, and Watervliet. This book presents the 206 pictures taken by Vincentini. The identifications Vincentini provided were often erroneous. Edward and Faith Andrews, who were employed by the Index to work with Vincentini, corrected many of the identifications, but even those were incomplete. This book presents the complete set of photographs for the first time and with corrected identifications. An introduction by Lesley Herzberg, curator of collections at Hancock Shaker Village, describes the tumultuous series of events that surrounded the production of these images. The book is a companion to an exhibit at Hancock Shaker Village.

239 pages with 214 black and white illustrations

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A Promising Venture: Shaker Photographs from the WPA

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