Volume II of the Jackson/Fielder project with 110 new photo pairs. Volumes I and II together represent the entire project in which the historic images of early west photographer William Henry Jackson... This description may be from another edition of this product.
The author did a marvelous job of taking the the old 1870 photos and finding the exact spot on which to take the current ones. The fun part is seeing how much things remain the same over time. This is a great coffee-table book that folks will always enjoy perusing.
A lovely companion volume
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
For those who enjoyed the first volume, Volume II is a lovely companion book. In an interview, John Fielder explained that he could only put so many photos in the first volume, but going back through the hundreds of pictures that didn't make it in, he realized there were many more that were just as deserving to be published. I'm thrilled to include this book in my collection and highly recommend it for Colorado history lovers.
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