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An 1840 selfie to 1960s advertising: Eight images that tell the story of America
In 1840, using a self-made copper plate ... In creating this striking blue image, he was doing more than record his appearance; he was also documenting America's first essays into an art form that ...
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19th Century America: Stagecoach Travel & Blacksmith Life in New York
The film recounts the travel adventures of a young blacksmith's apprentice in the early 1840s as he embarks on a journey from his village in Eastern New York to join his family in Illinois. His ...
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An 1840 selfie to 1960s advertising: Eight images that tell the story of America
Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington (DC Self-portrait (1840) by Henry Fitz Jnr ... he was also documenting America's first essays into an art form that would tell its ...