The Photo Detective
Join The Photo Detective, Maureen Taylor, each week as she discusses historical photos and how they fit into your family history. From ancestor identification to photo preservation, The Photo Detective Podcast covers it all. Featuring special experts from genealogy, fashion history, photo history, and restoration, it’s a not-to-miss for photo fans, genealogists, and lovers of history.
Podcasting since 2017 • 274 episodes
The Photo Detective
Latest Episodes
How Forever.com is Revolutionizing Digital Memory Preservation
In this episode, Maureen Taylor speaks with Glen Meakem, founder and CEO of Forever.com. Glen shares his inspiration for starting the company in 2012—recognizing a gap in long-term, secure, digital storage for family memories. Forever offers us...
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Episode 267
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33:29
Military Images Magazine’s Ron Coddington Shares the Stories Behind Civil War Photos
Ron Coddington, editor and publisher of Military Images magazine, joins The Photo Detective podcast to share his journey from teenage Civil War photo collector to leading a respected history publication. He discusses the legac...
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Episode 266
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31:40
Spared and Shared: How One Man Made Civil War History Accessible to All
In this episode, Griff (Bill Griffing), the mind behind the Spared and Shared websites, shares how he turned his post-retirement passion for Civil War history into a monumental historical preservation project. Transcribing over 15,000 ...
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39:31
The Art of French Wallpaper: RISD Museum's Stunning Historical Showcase
In this episode of The Photo Detective, host Maureen Taylor welcomes Emily Banas, Associate Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the RISD Museum, to explore the captivating world of French wallpaper. Their discussion centers on
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Episode 264
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22:56
A History of the American Bookstore with Author Evan Friss
In this episode of The Photo Detective, Maureen Taylor welcomes historian Evan Friss, author of The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore. Friss dives deep into the evolution of bookstores in America—from colonial time...
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Episode 263
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33:24