The Withers Collection in Memphis is a testament to the power of photography as both an art form and a historical archive.

From Carter's Funeral, an American Snapshot: A Singular Image ... To see these men of history shoulder to shoulder in cathedral pews shows that they're people like all of us.

In that one act, they created a momentary timeline of American history ... To see these men of history shoulder to shoulder in cathedral pews shows that they’re people like all of us.

Add up their years: 379 to be exact, enough time to take you back into the mid-1600s, when the notion of the American ... history shoulder to shoulder in cathedral pews shows that they're people ...

The three coequal branches of the American ... is what makes images like those at Carter’s service so extraordinary. It’s the precise opposite, actually. To see these men of history shoulder ...