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Taken shortly before Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech. Widely used in his campaign during the 1860 presidential election, both Brady's photo and the speech helped him become president. [24] [s 2] [s 4] Cathedral Rock: 1861 Carleton Watkins: Yosemite National Park, California, United States [s 2] The Dead of Antietam [h] 1862 Alexander Gardner
[1] Pictures nominated by the public were reviewed by editors who then compiled 100 photographs that they felt portrayed technological photographic achievements, documented historic events and accomplishments or have achieved iconic cultural and, symbolic status. [1]
Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company Historians date the oldest photograph to 1826 France. At least that's the oldest one that we know of today. That's when Joseph Nicéphore Niépce started ...
Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer. His photographs were instrumental in bringing about the passage of the first child labor laws in the United States. [1]
Take a trip down memory lane with by looking at these incredible photos of Christmas window displays from the last 100 years, ... doll in a window. The photo was taken just four days before ...
Bloody Saturday, by H. S. Wong. Bloody Saturday (Chinese: 血腥的星期六; pinyin: Xuèxīng de Xīngqíliù) is a black-and-white photograph taken on 28 August 1937, a few minutes after a Japanese air attack struck civilians during the Battle of Shanghai in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
These vintage photos show what Alaska looked like before it became part of the United States. Late 1800s: This is the town of Unalaska, on the island of the same name. It is still the main ...
This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.