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Columbus, OH, United States
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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 this once-in-a-lifetime offering particularly exciting is that the collection was once believed to have been destroyed. In 1978, thieves stole the Peck Collection from Herb?s Nashville home, leaving the collecting community in shock and the survival of his captivating images shrouded in doubt. Recently, the Peck family?s persistence and the hard work of law enforcement bore fruit when a break in the case led to the successful recovery and return of 50 of Herb?s original photographs.
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