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Panoramic Photographs

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:18.
  • Consumer Technology
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  • Modern (18th-20th Century)
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URL: 

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/panoramic_photography/panoramic_home.html

Author: 
National Archives and Records Administration
Excerpt: 

This exhibit of panoramic photographs is but a small sample of the wide variety of panoramic images in NARA`s still picture holdings located at the National Archives Building at College Park, Maryland. The exhibit photographs date from approximately 1864 until 1937. The vast majority of the collection, however, dates from the World War I era.

Annotation: 

Online exhibit drawing on "The Long View: Panoramic Photography from the National Archives," which was displayed at the National Archives at College Park from August 15, 1998 through May 1, 2000. Collection of twenty-three panoramic photographs, many of military subjects, which are also viewable interactively through QuickTime Panoramic. Includes links to other areas of the National Archives site.

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