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Showing the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam—the deadliest single day in the American Civil War [s 3] [s 4] The Scourged Back: c. 2 April 1863: McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States Albumen print One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement. [s 4] Cartes de Visite: May - August 1863 Andre ...
V-J Day in Times Square, a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, was published in Life in 1945 with the caption, "In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers" Alfred Eisenstaedt signing a copy of his famous V-J Day in Times Square photograph during the afternoon of August 23, 1995, while sitting in his Menemsha ...
Road Trip, 1908. This photo depicts Alice H. Ramsey, the first woman to drive the entire length of the United States from coast to coast. The 22-year-old made the 3,800-mile trek from Manhattan to ...
But the images he captured were far more powerful than mere shadows. The men, women, and children in The North American Indian seem as alive to us today as they did when Curtis took their pictures in the early part of the twentieth century. Curtis respected the Native Americans he encountered and was willing to learn about their culture ...
Here’s what Amy said in a 2012 article with Interview Magazine: “Madonna wasn’t famous then. The photo was taken in 1983, at St. Mark’s Place and Second Avenue,” Arbus says. “That was ...
The presidential portrait of Bill Clinton was the first of such portraits to be painted by an African American, Simmie Knox. [16] [17] Before that, a portrait was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution.
Photos of the American West. ... Iron oxide lends Sedona’s rocks the intense red hue that has made them famous; the evergreens surrounding the city offer a cool contrast. The area is a New Age ...
In 2021, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in Washington, D.C., announced the acquisition of a private collection of early photographs, taken between the 1840s and the mid-1920s, with 40 daguerreotypes made by three 19th century African American photographers.