Post by JustJohn or JJ on Jan 29, 2015 4:26:49 GMT -7
Original Photos of the Civil War (Click on the photo to enlarge)
www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals2/index.html
PIX FROM 150 YEARS AGO
I love history and these are spectacular pictures. I am thrilled at the architecture of some of the buildings. The best part you can click on each picture individually and it will enlarge and in the right corner it will take you to the next picture. Be sure to allow an hour or two to view this, it is so spectacular and something you will spend time with. What a treasure these are and should be shown in schools.
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 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 era of the War Between the States. Run the cursor over the photograph and the picture caption will pop up.
Click on photo to enlarge and to read the caption.