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2024 Image Of War Seminar: Gettysburg, Pa. (Oct. 4-6)

HIGHLIGHTS
This comprehensive seminar covers all aspects of the Civil War’s most popular place.
  • Stand where 15+ photographers stood and took 19th-century pictures at Gettysburg.
  • Several indoor 2-D and 3-D photo presentations to immerse attendees in the subject more meaningfully.
  • Seminar experts include Tim Smith, Bob Zeller, Garry Adelman and others. The seminar also includes a meet-and-greet with William Frassanito at the Adams County Historical Society’s special Frassanito exhibit!
  • Large 3-D boards that allow attendees to see windows into the past… and a special surprise.
  • Tours offer a range of options for those who like to hike and those who are moderately mobile.
  • Plus, our renowned silent auction, cool videos, great camaraderie and more!
  • All attendees receive copies of the CCWP’s new and enlarged Gettysburg in 3-D and its 99 Historic Images of Gettysburg.
NOTE: To keep registration costs down, there is bus service only on Saturday and only one meal provided.
COST

CCWP Members: Register by July 15: $210; register after July 15: $250

Non-Members: Register by July 15: $250; register after July 15: $290

BASE

We have two room blocks at hotels across Steinwehr Avenue from one another: the Quality Inn Gettysburg Battlefield and the (newer) Best Western. The bus tours will depart from this vicinity.

HOTEL OPTIONS
RATES: Thursday: 1st floor $125 | 2nd floor $115 | Friday & Saturday: 1st floor $185 |  2nd floor $175
RATES: Thursday $155 | Friday and Saturday $205/night
ITINERARY
Friday, Oct. 3
  • Registration at Adams County Historical Society
  • Optional walking tour: the 11th Corps Line in (mostly postwar) photos, Tim Smith and Garry Adelman
  • Lunch on your own
  • Welcome
  • Wet plate demonstration and group photo with a twist, Bob Szabo
  • Battlefield tour: Brady, Gutekunst and others along the Chambersburg Pike
  • Evening events at ACHS, special Frassanito and multi-author book signing amidst photo-themed videos
  • Banquet
  • Three photo-presentations, TBD.
Saturday, Oct. 4
  • Breakfast on your own
  • Battlefield tour (Bus transport provided). Garry Adelman and Tim Smith at Gettysburg’s most photographed place: Little Round Top in Images, Gardner, Tyson, Weaver, Tipton and others on the south end
  • Lunch on your own
  • Brady, Tyson, Weaver and Corlies on Culp’s Hill, Gardner, Brady, Himes and others on Cemetery Ridge
  • Dinner on your own
  • Evening presentations at ACHS plus an open mic for photo theories and discoveries.
Sunday, Oct. 5
  • Battlefield tour, Garry Adelman on a dozen Photographers on Cemetery Hill
  • Possible Rose Farm 3-D experience
  • Seminar concludes

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Photos by Larry Kasperek

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