Mathew Brady’s photographs made a president, captured reality of Civil War
I n 1860, Mathew Brady was one of the world’s best-known photographers.
His book, “The Gallery of Illustrious Americans,” published 10 years earlier, had made him famous. Those who had sat in his studio and faced the large box on the wooden tripod included Daniel Webster, Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Clay. Read more
Maiden on the Midway 
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