Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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[size=large]Outstanding historical photos. Very interesting photo of President Lincoln's inauguration with the US Capitol still under construction with not a very large audience understandably.
It should be a requirement for all school kids in our country, to visit Gettysburg, PA and view this kind of photo history. Teaching them the possible result when a country becomes divided in its ideology and that it could very well happen again during their lifetime. This was an interesting and yet unfortunate time in our history. Young folks today are no longer taught this part of our history in detail. That aphorism by George Santayana, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.," sure applies at this time.
What an unbelievable website. I was totally in awe when I found it and went through these very rare photos.
Please read the instructions before viewing .......
THESE PICTURES ARE VERY PROFOUND
It is fortunate that these have survived. Most probably a million wet plate photos were made during the civil war on glass plate.
Popular during the war, they lost their appeal after wards 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 era of the War Between the States. Run the cursor over the photograph and the picture caption will pop up.
Click photo to enlarge and to read the caption.
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http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals2/index.html
It should be a requirement for all school kids in our country, to visit Gettysburg, PA and view this kind of photo history. Teaching them the possible result when a country becomes divided in its ideology and that it could very well happen again during their lifetime. This was an interesting and yet unfortunate time in our history. Young folks today are no longer taught this part of our history in detail. That aphorism by George Santayana, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.," sure applies at this time.
What an unbelievable website. I was totally in awe when I found it and went through these very rare photos.
Please read the instructions before viewing .......
THESE PICTURES ARE VERY PROFOUND
It is fortunate that these have survived. Most probably a million wet plate photos were made during the civil war on glass plate.
Popular during the war, they lost their appeal after wards 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 era of the War Between the States. Run the cursor over the photograph and the picture caption will pop up.
Click photo to enlarge and to read the caption.
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http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals2/index.html