Herb Peck Collection: Civil War Photography

A historic selection of Civil War-era photography once thought lost forever. Starting in the 1950s with a focus on Southern subjects, Herb built one of the United States? premier collections of Civil War portrait photography at a time when the genre?s importance was only first being realized. Herb?s iconic images can be seen in many popular books and films, including Ken Burns? documentary The Civil War. It?s likely that nearly every American interested in history has seen an image from the Peck Collection, whether in a book or film, in a museum, or while visiting a national park. What makes...