New Jersey - Online - New Jersey’s Civil War Era Photographers
Gary Saretzky will present a free virtual lecture on New Jersey’s Civil War Era Photographers on May 14 at 11:00 a.m. under the auspices of the Somerset County Library System. The talk can be accessed at https://sclsnj.libnet.info/event/4266767 The Civil War boosted the photographic trade in New Jersey as both soldiers and families demanded more images of loved ones. Numerous new photo galleries opened to meet the demand. Some New Jersey photographers operated elsewhere during the war, including in the South. Other photographers active at the war front settled in the state after the war. Some New Jersey soldiers returned home and only then began photography careers.
