Dillsburg PA native Levi Mumper, raised in Gettysburg, was a Civil War veteran and a prominent photographer of the battlefield.
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In Nov. 1864, Maryland photographer Theophilus Munder took over the space in York’s Centre Hall vacated by Glenalvin Goodridge.
Louisa Ann (Wirt) Johnston was from a prominent Hanover PA family. She and her husband, Dr. Wm. F. Johnston, were leading citizens of York.
I collect photos of 19th-century, Civil War-era residents of York County, PA. My latest acquistion is this unidentified family grouping.
Only a handful of outdoor photographs taken during the Civil War in York County, PA, still exist. Many more may have been taken. Here are a few examples.
The vast public holdings of the U. S. government include thousands of vintage photographs from
This detail from a November 1863 photograph by a member of the Matthew Brady firm
In mid-June 1863, more than 6,600 Confederate soldiers approached York County from the west. Their
Photography originated in Europe in the early 1800s, with a variety of techniques of using
On the left is a photo commonly attributed to famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady