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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I'm no expert on photography but was it
      really common prior to the Civil War? I also wonder if
      contemporaneous illustrations aren't considered as valid as
      photographs? Again, no expertise claimed, and of course I realize
      an illustrator could just as easily embellish or alter as much as
      we can with photoshop today. Still, if that's the only visual
      record we have, should it be disregarded? Is it that unreliable?<br>
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      Ellen<br>
      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Ellen Paul
Executive Director
The Ornithological Council
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ellen.paul@verizon.net">ellen.paul@verizon.net</a>
"Providing Scientific Information about Birds<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET">"
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET"</a>
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      On 12/2/13, 8:41 AM, Mary Beth Prondzinski wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="161464013-02122013"><font
            color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">And why are there no
            photos of this pillage?!&nbsp; None...</font></span></div>
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      <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Mary Beth
          Prondzinski</font></div>
      <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Director of
          Collections</font></div>
      <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Fairbanks Museum
          &amp; Planetarium</font></div>
      <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">1302 Main Street</font></div>
      <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">St. Johnsbury, VT
          05819</font></div>
      <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">(802) 748-2372 x110</font></div>
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            href="mailto:mprondzinski@fairbanksmuseum.org">mprondzinski@fairbanksmuseum.org</a></font></div>
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            moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://fairbanksmuseum.org/">http://fairbanksmuseum.org/</a></font></div>
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            moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://vermonttv.net/">http://vermonttv.net/</a></font></div>
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