This book is incredible, published in 1935 The Secret Museum of Mankind has no author or credits, no copyright, no date, no page numbers or index. It is just a collection of photos of tribes and cultures from all over the world together with very racist text over 5 volumes (each one a different continent). HERE you can view all 564 pages scanned in and transcribed.
5 comments:
Whoa... Nice one!
these are incrediblez.
good find, jiro!
brilliant
Good Black & white photos..
I have the sense who ever put this together to publish wanted a record of mankind. The question is how did this person aquire all this pictorial history? What an amazing collection. I can't imagine not publishing. Is there a way to back track records of the publishing company to establish the back story of its creation? Maybe it was a life's work that would be lost if not put together as a book. It is a historical marker on two levels. One of what was captured. Two of how it was presented reflecting a time in our evolution of acceptable.
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