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A Nice Pictorial History of the War.
Mathew Brady was called Lincoln's Camera Man, but this photo album is filled with photos from a battery of photographers.It is a nice history in pictures of that time, whoever took them.
A 'Must Have' book for every Civil War library
What an valuable tome, Surley one of the most impressive collections of Civil War images ever collected. The introductions to the twenty-one sections are very helpful for appreciating the 400+ haunting Brady photos. I especially enjoyed the Federal Navy section, with photos I had never seen before, although I've read and edited several publications about the Civil War. Included also is a very practical guide to acquiring copies of the photos. In has been ten years since the prolific George Sullivanpresented his biography of Mathew Brady. It was worth the wait as we have here an award-winning work that should be in teh history section of every private and public library. Not one of the 450 pages is disappointing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1823 (ca.)-1896    2. Brady, Mathew B.,    3. Civil War, 1861-1865    4. History    5. Individual Photographer    6. Photo Essays    7. Photography    8. Photojournalism    9. Pictorial works    10. United States   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Photo Essays    3. Photography    4. Photography / History   

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A gallery of fascinating photographs
Originally published in 1946, this is a terrific presentation of Civil War photos by the Matthew Brady team. Of special interest is the section reproducing Brady's post-war lantern slide lecture book, with uneditedcaptions, for a program that was to have been presented at Carnegie Hall.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1823 (ca.)-1896    2. Brady, Mathew B.,    3. General    4. History    5. History: American    6. Photo Techniques    7. Photography    8. Photography, Artistic    9. United States    10. United States - Civil War    11. Photographs: collections    12. Photography / History    13. USA   

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Much of our image of the Civil War era comes from the photographs of Matthew Brady, and in Read more

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dont expect much in the way of battlefield pics
this is almost entirely a book of brady's portrait work, which is fine and dandy, but there is almost nothing in what one would typically think of as civil war photos.

this book is the last word -and best word- on Brady
This book is the last word -- and the best word-- on Brady. It is the perfect gift for the photography buff, the portrait buff. the civil war buff. The author has written a terrific text which places Brady in context. After reading the book and looking at the images you understand why Brady died flat broke--but yr heart breaks for him. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Artists, Architects, Photographers    2. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    3. Individual Photographer    4. Photo Techniques    5. Photography    6. Individual photographers   

Subjects:  1. 1823 (ca.)-1896    2. Brady, Mathew B.,    3. Individual Photographer    4. Photo Essays    5. Photography    6. Portrait photography    7. Subjects & Themes - Portraits    8. Individual photographers    9. Photographs: collections    10. Photography / Individual Photographer   

Subjects:  1. 1823 (ca.)-1896    2. 1865-1962    3. Brady, Mathew B.,    4. Meserve, Frederick Hill,    5. Photograph collections   

Subjects:  1. Photography    2. U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877)   

Subjects:  1. 1823 (ca.)-1896    2. Biography    3. Brady, Mathew B.,    4. Photographers    5. Portrait photography    6. United States    7. Brady, Mathew B   

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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Brady, Mathew B    3. Deaf    4. History    5. Photographers   

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Subjects:  1. Brady, Mathew B    2. History    3. Photography    4. Washington (D.C.)   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Brady, Mathew B    3. Photographers    4. United States   

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