From the years 1890 through 1910, Charles Van Schaick, the town photographer of a small Wisconsin community, took over 30,000 photographs. The negatives were left after his death, and by this accident of history, an extraordinary picture of a small town under the impact of the Great Depression has proved possible. It was by chance that this book is about this town. It was extraordinary good luck that Van Shaick's 30,000 glass negatives were found and that 3,000 of them were selected by Paul Vanderbilt, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. It is from these 3,000 photographs that Michael Lesy ... [details]