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Ask A Gettysburg Guide #41- The Gettysburg Cyclorama with Sue Boardman
LBG Sue Boardman joins us for the first time on Addressing Gettysburg to talk about the Gettysburg Cyclorama, its history and restoration.
From the GNMP website:
Cycloramas were a very popular form of entertainment in the late 1800's, both in America and Europe. These massive, oil-on-canvas paintings were displayed in special auditoriums and enhanced with landscaped foregrounds sometimes featuring trees, grasses, fences and even life-sized figures. The result was a three-dimensional effect that surrounded viewers who stood on a central platform, literally placing them in the center of the…
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