April 7, 2011
The Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs
The Library of Congress is featuring a large collection of over 300 Civil War ambrotypes and tintypes. They're beautiful, especially at high resolution—and the Library has included high resolution downloads for almost every image, with more variety than I've ever seen in one place. Always be sure to read the captions. Many are heartbreaking and the words tend to fold the distance between the 1860's and today.
A flash slideshow of a few curators picks can be found here, but the best way to view the pictures is to just dive in.
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