Making photography matter : a viewer's history from the Civil War to the Great Depression /
Cara A. Finnegan.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
The presence of unknown soldiers and imaginary spirits : viewing national grief and trauma in the Civil War -- Recognizing Lincoln : portrait photography and the physiognomy of national character -- Appropriating the healthy child : the child that toileth not and Progressive Era child labor photography -- Managing the magnitude of the Great Depression : viewers respond to FSA photography.