Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Viewers Reading Photographs

1. The Presence of Unknown Soldiers and Imaginary Spirits: Viewing National Grief and Trauma in the

2. Recognizing Lincoln: Portrait Photography and the Physiognomy of National Character

3. Appropriating the Healthy Child: The Child That Toileth Not and Progressive Era Child Labor Photo

4. Managing the Magnitude of the Great Depression: Viewers Respond to FSA Photography

Conclusion: Photography’s Viewers, Photography’s Histories

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index