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Restoring an American Treasure: The last intact Mississippi panorama

It’s a 348-foot long, 90-inch-high 19th-century PowerPoint slideshow.
And it’s the only one left in the world.
Twenty-five scenes along the Mississippi Valley Midwest, each 14 feet wide, were painted onto a roll of cotton muslin one hundred fifty years ago. This visual device was advanced by hand like a long scroll to [...]