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Film, Video The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photo Exhibition Opening

Event video

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photo Exhibition Opening

Summary

  • Portrait photographs of the young men who fought in the Civil War, as well as their wives and children--poignant faces that gaze across time--are the subject of a major exhibition at the Library of Congress that opened on April 12, 2011, through the generous bequest of the Liljenquist family. Nearly 400 ambrotype and tintype photographs showing both Union and Confederate soldiers will be on display.

Names

  • Library of Congress

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2011-04-11.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  War, Military

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Military Science.
  • -  Classification: Political Science.
  • -  Various.
  • -  Recorded on 2011-04-11.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688648

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress. The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photo Exhibition Opening. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-11, 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688648/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress. (2011) The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photo Exhibition Opening. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-11. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688648/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress. The Last Full Measure: Civil War Photo Exhibition Opening. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-11, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688648/>.