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Photo-Exhibiton Pilgrims on the Ohio The River Journey & Photographs of Reuben Gold Thwaites, 1894 |
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An Exhibition at the GHI -- February 01, 2008 - May 31, 2008
In 1894, historian Reuben Gold Thwaites and his family journeyed nearly 1,100 miles down the Monongahela and Ohio rivers in a fifteen-foot rowboat. Featuring forty-four snapshots taken with Thwaites’s #2 Kodak, this exhibition tells the story of their trip.
Opening Reception
Friday, February 01, 2008
Free and open to the public
6:00-8:15 pm
German Historical Institute
1607 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20009
Metro: Dupont Circle/Exit: Q St. North
Opening Remarks
Exhibition curator Robert L. Reid (University of Southern Indiana)
6:30 pm
Please RSVP by phone at 202.387.3355 or by email.
* "Jessie Rowing, Monongahela River" (Wisconsin State Historical Society)
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