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Case Study: Life of an American Fireman

Contents Exhibit Introduction Making Pictures Move Muybridge: Modern Media Manipulator The Business of Film: Production, Distribution, Exhibition Case Study: Life of an American Fireman Lost Film Lantern Slides Related Resources   Case Study: Life of an American...

Muybridge: Modern Media Manipulator

Contents Exhibit Introduction Making Pictures Move Muybridge: Modern Media Manipulator The Business of Film: Production, Distribution, Exhibition Case Study: Life of an American Fireman Lost Film Lantern Slides Related Resources   Muybridge: Modern Media...

Making Pictures Move

Contents Exhibit Introduction Making Pictures Move Muybridge: Modern Media Manipulator The Business of Film: Production, Distribution, Exhibition Case Study: Life of an American Fireman Lost Film Lantern Slides Related Resources   Making Pictures Move The...
Living Photography: Finding Film History in the Archive

Living Photography: Finding Film History in the Archive

Twenty-three students enrolled in Matthew Solomon’s Winter 2024 section of FTVM 352 (Film History: Origins to the New Wave) were tasked with exploring these collections and creating this exhibition, which also serves as the capstone assignment for the course. Produced by a class dedicated to “hands-on” approaches to film history, we hope that visitors feel encouraged to watch, listen, touch facsimiles, move at a comfortable pace, pause, and revisit in whatever way makes the exhibit come most alive for you.

The Art of Resistance in Early America

The Art of Resistance in Early America

This exhibit addresses the theme of the LSA Fall 2023 semester at the University of Michigan: “Arts & Resistance.” The items on display in this exhibit will show how people in the nation’s past shaped America into what it is today.

Pair 25: Eyewitnesses to War

Pair 25: Eyewitnesses to War

Contents Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library Pair 1: Columbus and Cuba Pair 2: The Power of the Unseen Pair 3: The Fabric of History Pair 4: From the Big Picture to Individual Lives Pair 5: Picturing African-American Identity Pair 6: Leadership...
Pair 25: Eyewitnesses to War

Pair 23: Crime, Perpetrators, and Punishment

Contents Building on a Century of Collecting at the Clements Library Pair 1: Columbus and Cuba Pair 2: The Power of the Unseen Pair 3: The Fabric of History Pair 4: From the Big Picture to Individual Lives Pair 5: Picturing African-American Identity Pair 6: Leadership...