Age Group:
Everyone
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Rebecca Tulloch presents the history and use of wet plate photography during the Civil War. The audience will learn about the history of the birth of photography, famous 19th century photographers such as Louis Daguerre and Matthew Brady; a description of the wet plate photographic process and a demonstration of a wet plate 1850s box camera.
Sponsored by Friends of the Moline Public Library Foundation.