Dear Friends: American Photographs of Men Together 1840-1918

Dear Friends: American Photographs of Men Together 1840-1918 by Deitcher, David. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780810992306.

Dear Friends is the first book to demonstrate how common it was for 19th-century American men to commemorate intimate friendships with a visit to the local photographer. Reproducing more than 100 never-before-published vintage photographs, this groundbreaking book provides evidence of a kind of physical intimacy between men that challenges the conventional view of the Victorian era. David Deitchers provocative text combines historical research, social observation, and pictorial analysis to explore the nature of same-sex affection between men during the period.