LISTSERV - VA-HIST Archives - LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US

VA-HIST Archives

Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history

VA-HIST@LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US

	LISTSERV Archives
	VA-HIST Home

	Log In
	Register

	Subscribe or Unsubscribe

	Search Archives

Options:	Use Forum View Use Monospaced Font Show Text Part by Default Show All Mail Headers
Message:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author:	[<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Subject:	"Mary Bowser" and the Library of Virginia
From:	Martha Katz-Hyman <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 27 Jun 2013 19:58:35 -0400
Content-Type:	text/plain
Parts/Attachments:	text/plain (15 lines)

Good story from The Atlantic on finding out that the image that has been
associated with the Civil War spy, Mary Bowser, is, in fact, a 1900 image
of another Mary Bowser who lived in Petersburg.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/the-spy-photo-that-fooled-npr-the-us-army-intelligence-center-and-me/277276/

Martha Katz-Hyman
Curator
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Williamsburg, VA

______________________________________
To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at
http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html

ATOM RSS1 RSS2

LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US