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Mathew Brady the first war photographer and his legacy
This piece profiles Mathew Brady 1822 1894 pioneer war photographer who documented the Civil War from Bull Run to Gettysburg using portable studios and large glass plates. It notes his White House access his quest to photograph armies and his postwar disputes over compensation with the government and his enduring influence through his National Gallery and descendants.
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White House
Washington
Irustitman
South
Abraham Lincoln
Mathew B. Brady
Bull Run
Lincoln
Brady
Warren County
New York
Lake George
Saratoga Springs
William Page
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Morse
Etienne Daguerre
America
Page
New York City
American Institute of New York
United States
Institute
London
National Gallery
Walla of Bla
Brady Daguerreotypes
Mre
Alexander Hamilton
Dolly Madgen
Edgar Allen Poe
Daniel Webster
Henry Crey
John ©. Calhoun
J. Fenimore Cooper
Washington Irving
Jenny Lind
Philip Barton Key
Fanny Eligier
Pauline Cushman
Lewis Casa
John C. Fremont
James J. Audubon
Prescott
Wiliam Cullen Bryant
Jarces Gordon Bennett
Horace Greeley
Samuel Colt
Winfield Soott
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Willow Henry Harrison
Adame
Jackson
van Buren
Tyler
Polk
Broadway
Bancroft
Farragut
Sherman
Georgia
Sivera
Gona
Benjamin Butler
War Department
Great Ag
Battlefelida
Cay Og
DuMercys
Big Family
L. C. Handy
Handy
Maryland Avenue
Handy Studioa
Randy
Halleck
Felece
Wales
Haven
Spriice
Edward Voi
Eopland
de Oblef Ouray
Chipeta
Mathew Brady
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Wesace Monaparer Unies