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The Early Days of Photography | Walter Edgar's Journal - Episode 1

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In the first segment on Mary Chesnut’s photo album, Harvey Teal details the earliest days of photography, and describes the various types of photographs: daguerreotype, amber type, Carte de Visite, and tin type.  

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South Carolina Public Radio / Walter Edgar's Journal / Found: Mary Chesnut’s Civil War Photo Albums

The Album's Journey | Walter Edgar's Journal

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The Album's Journey | Walter Edgar's Journal
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Walter Edgar discusses with Martha Daniels and Henry Fulmer about references made to the photo album found in Mary Chesnut’s diary, along with references found in the South Caroliniana Library’s...
A Woman Ahead Of Her Time | Walter Edgar's Journal

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A Woman Ahead Of Her Time | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 3
Martha Daniels analyzes the albums’ “Panoramic Breadth,” and how Mary Chesnut was an educated woman ‘ahead of her time.’ Along with photos of famous Southerners, the albums also feature photographs of...
Found: Mary Chesnut's Civil War Photo Albums (Full Version)

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Found: Mary Chesnut's Civil War Photo Albums (Full Version)
Episode 4
Mary Chesnut’s diary, originally published forty years after the Civil War as Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, is generally acknowledged today as the finest literary work of the Confederacy. Spiced by the...