Ansco, The Edward Anthony Company, and Mathew Brady

My prints from Mathew Brady's original plates......Bill Ryan
	*Matthew Brady with the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Petersburg , June1864* Mathew Brady risked his life many time in acquiring his Civil War Collection. Sadly the post war public rejected his works. He died a bankrupt, blind and virtually alone. However, he did owe The Edward Anthony Company some money......the company still existed as Ansco, 130 years later in Binghamton N.Y. I was there. Here is some history, of Edward Anthony, Ansco, and my large collection of prints from original Brady collection negatives
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