COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY F.E. WRIGHT
THE CULEBRA CUT
Dazzling colors combined with its colossal proportions make this man-made gash in nature’s eternal hills a magnificent spectacle.
Its fullest glory will soon be dimmed, for the tropic jungle will cover its brilliant hues with a robe of green.
Dazzling colors combined with its colossal proportions make this man-made gash in nature’s eternal hills a magnificent spectacle.
Its fullest glory will soon be dimmed, for the tropic jungle will cover its brilliant hues with a robe of green.
There is a distinct difference in tone to the captioning of the color plates in Panama. The black and white photograph on the adjacent page is a bit more prosaic.
PHOTO BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD
UNGAINLY MONSTERS OF STEEL WORKING WITH HUMAN SKILL
What I find most interesting about this book is not the captioning practice, which is fairly typical for its time period, but rather its integration of photos into the text to mirror, rhetorically, the content of the text. I apologize for the large size of the graphic content of this post, but there just didn’t seem to be a better way of presenting it.
Notice that the photograph is not sacred, but raggedly torn to fit the typography and echo the content. Also note that though one photograph is credited with “photo by” only the watercolor is given the crowning glory of a copyright.
