Glass, Brass, & Chrome: The American 35mm Miniature Camera. by Lahue, Kalton C. and Joseph A. Bailey. - (1972).

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1972). First Edition. Signed by the Author (Joe A. Bailey). Octavo, black textured boards (hardcover), silver, gilt, & red letters, xix, 347 pp. Near-Fine in a Near-Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The “golden age” of the American 35mm camera coincided with three tumultuous decades in American history. Born in the depression years of the 1930s, the American 35mm reached maturity during World War II. If you are a “camera bug” today, or if you were one during those years, you will delight in the story Lahue and Bailey present in these pages -- the story of an energetic and innovative America and an era when it was good for a photographer to be alive. In the span of just over thirty years the American photographic industry converted what had been a rich man’s toy into an everyman’s gadget. It created a new subeconomy in a rapidly growing industry, made candid photography a household term, and finally innovated itself out of the market it had… Read More