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Offline Josco

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Civil War Photos
« on: March 11, 2010, 04:15:29 AM »
I just received an email with a link to these Civil War Photos.
Truly fortunate that so many of these have survived.  Probably a million wet plate photos were made during the civil war on glass plate.  Popular during the war, they
lost their appeal afterwards and so many were sold for the glass.  Many used in green houses. Over the years the sun caused the images to disappear.
These are pretty amazing considering they were taken up to 150 years ago: A compendium of photos from the Civil War era.
http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals2/index.html
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Offline BoomLover

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Re: Civil War Photos
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2010, 10:29:15 AM »
Those were amazing! I went to the main site, and there are many, many more photos! Thanks for posting these! BoomLover
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Re: Civil War Photos
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2010, 10:54:08 AM »
Yes, thank you for posting that link.  I've spent the better part of the day going through them
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