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Robert F. Kennedy funeral train : the people's view

Title
Robert F. Kennedy funeral train : the people's view / Rein Jelle Terpstra.
Author
Terpstra, Rein Jelle
Publication
  • [Amsterdam] : Fw:Books, [2018]
  • ©2018

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TextPermit needed MEMZ+ (Terpstra) 21-2579Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Fusco, Paul
  • Strauss, David Levi.
  • Bakker, Taco Hidde.
  • Artists' Books Collection (NYPL, Print Collection)
Description
142 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm +
Summary
"On June 8, 1968, amidst a year wracked by division and violence, the casket of assassinated Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was transported on a funeral train from New York City to Washington, DC. Hundreds of thousands of people united along the tracks in a spontaneous expression of grief. [The book] presents a photographic reconstruction of this historic train journey from the people's perspective. It offers a counterview to the famous series by photojournalist Paul Fusco, who photographed the crowds from aboard the funeral train. Visual artist Rein Jelle Terpstra has devotedly collected the mourner's snapshots, film stills, and accounts of that muggy summer day. By linking them together along a timeline in the spirit of the people who lined the tracks, this book aims to add a modest new chapter to the American collective memory. This volume includes an essay by poet and art critic David Levi Strauss on photography, remembrance, and the hope that "Bobby" embodied. Aditionally it presents a pull-out section with ten-never before-published Kodachrome slides from Fusco's RFK series, with an essay by writer and researcher Taco Hidde Bakker."--Page 4 of cover
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Pictorial works.
  • Artists' books.
  • Artists' books – Netherlands – 21st century.
Note
  • In slipcase.
  • One booklet inserted.
  • Edition of 1500 copies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
MEMZ+ (Terpstra) 21-2579
ISBN
  • 9789490119607
  • 9490119601
OCLC
1048323157
Author
Terpstra, Rein Jelle, artist.
Title
Robert F. Kennedy funeral train : the people's view / Rein Jelle Terpstra.
Publisher
[Amsterdam] : Fw:Books, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note
Artists' Books Collection (NYPL, Print Collection).
Added Author
Fusco, Paul, photographer.
Strauss, David Levi. Even in our sleep, pain, which we cannot forget: the mourning of Bobby Kennedy in image and retrospect.
Bakker, Taco Hidde. Finding Fusco.
Artists' Books Collection (NYPL, Print Collection)
Research Call Number
MEMZ+ (Terpstra) 21-2579
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