Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America, by Chris Arnade (Sentinel, 304 pp.) Flash powder, made from a composite of metallic fuel and an oxidizer, requires ...

But Francis Michael (“Slim”) Lynch makes good pictures with either machine ... the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the acrid era of flash powder, singed eyelashes and burning lace curtains.

Here are some of the photos that changed New York City ... Riis took his camera and newly developed magnesium powder, which created a flash, often shocking people. What happened next changed ...

No one was hurt. Flash powder, used in fireworks, was found among chemicals in the garage, said Mike Campbell, a spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.