2/02/2010

ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR PICTURES



We are 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 afterward and so many were sold for the glass.  Many were 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.

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