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Experience Civil War Photography:
From the Home Front to the Battlefront:
Many Americans in the 1860s experienced the Civil War at home through photographs, far from the battlefront. Three-dimensional photographs, known at the time as stereoviews, were a popular new format. This exhibition explores the innovative 150-year-old technology, the history of the Smithsonian Institution during the Civil War, the origins of American photojournalism and battlefield photography, and the wartime experience as it was shared on the home front. |