Mathew Brady

Mathew B. Brady was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the American Civil War.

He studied under inventor Samuel Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America.
Brady opened his own studio in New York City in 1844, and went on to photograph U.
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