Preserved Archive of 24,000 Images by Early 20th Century Female Wyoming Photographer Subject of New Book
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Encampment, Wyoming, USA, February 2, 2021 / EINPresswire.com / — A recently released photography book, “Encampment, Wyoming: Selections from the Lora Webb Nichols Archive 1899-1948”, features 115 photographs created and collected by a homesteader / photographer in the early 20th century. Lora Webb Nichols was an entrepreneur who used photography to provide financial stability for herself and her family for several decades in rural Wyoming before, during and after the Great Depression. Culled from over 24,000 photographs, the selected images in the book provide a dynamic visual window into the American West from a female perspective and highlight the social, domestic, and economic aspects of the Wyoming frontier. […]
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YouTube video: The Photography of Lora Webb Nichols by Wyoming PBS.
