one of the first major wars to be photographed extensively. I'm always amazed at the work given the equipment. It speaks volumes about the importance of the photographer vs the camera. those old cameras were beautiful, though. -----Original Message----- From: Madame RD <romd...@orange.fr> Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:47:09 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<pdml@pdml.net> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: photos from the american civil war
I found this utterly interesting the Liljenquist Family recently donated their rare collection of almost 700 ambrotype and tintype photographs to the Library of Congress. <http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/12/2010/faces-of-the-american-civil-war#ixzz18KD64mXJ> An exhibition entitled “The Last Full Measure,” will be held in the Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building, from April 12 until August 13, 2011. http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/12/2010/faces-of-the-american-civil-war the photos on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5229147036/in/set-72157625520211184/#/photos/library_of_congress/5229147036/in/pool-645...@n23/ don't know about you but war photos always make me terribly sad . such a loss of young lives ! dominique <http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/12/2010/faces-of-the-american-civil-war#ixzz18KCviiMz> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
