Civil War Spies with Ann Shumard

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Civil War Spies with Ann Shumard

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Oct 22, 2019

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Ann Shumard, the Gallery's senior curator of photographs, narrates the stories of Rose O'Neal
Greenhow and Belle Boyd-- Civil War spies whose images were circulated in a popular photographic format called a carte de visite.

Check out the portraits we discussed in this episode on our website: https://npg.si.edu/podcasts/behind-enemy-lines

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Oct 22, 2019

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Civil War Spies with Ann Shumard

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