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Honorable Oliver P. Morton of Indiana, 1870 by Mathew Brady. Amazing depth of field here…not seen (m)any shots using that creatively from this time.
Did you know Brady died penniless when the US government refused to buy his war photos?
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“Baron” de Stoeckl. Photo by Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, between 1855 and 1865
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Honorable Edwin Stanton by Matthew Brady, between1855 and 1865.
Stanton served under Abraham Lincoln as the Secretary of War during the Civil War. Stanton was one of several people at Lincoln’s Bedside at his death. Upon Abraham Lincoln’s Death, Edwin Stanton said, “Now he belongs to the ages,” and lamented, “There lies the most perfect ruler of men the world has ever seen
