"American Reflections: Photography Before the Civil War"
2000-10-21 until 2000-11-15
Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn, MI, USA United States of America

American Reflections: Photography Before the Civil War is a temporary exhibit in the museum commemorating the Daguerreian Society Symposium and Focus 2000. Containing over 200 daguerreotypes from two renowned area collectors and rare examples from the museums collection it opens October 21and will be on display through November 15. It is located in the Great Hall between the furniture exhibit and the Wienermobile.

Showing more than 200 daguerreotypes from two privately-held collections, American Reflections features both well-known images and rare examples never before shown to the public. Henry Ford Museums collection is represented in the exhibition by a dozen fine daguerreotypes, including images of Native Americans, an artist, and a whole-plate image of a harvester. 

Focus 2000 is a metropolitan Detroit area effort by art galleries and museums to highlight historical and modern photographs during the month of November.

Daguerreian Society Symposium, November 9-11 The Daguerreian Society, a national organization for collectors and historians of early photography, will hold its annual symposium at Henry Ford Museums Anderson Theatre.

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Detroit Focus 2000

The Daguerreian Society

An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital, The Hallmark Photographic Collection
2000-10-14 until 2001-01-07
Joslyn Art Museum
Omaha, NE USA United States of America

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