Books
Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War
(Dover Publications, 1959)
Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the American Civil War 1861-1865
(Delano Greenidge Editions, 2002)
Elevate the Masses: Alexander Gardner, Photography, and Democracy in Nineteenth-Century America
(The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2020)
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- George Barnard (1819-1902)
A chronicle of the Civil War capturing the destruction of the South during Sherman’s campaign with artistic and historical precision.
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Western U.S. landscapes and geological features taken during expeditions from 1871–1873.
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