Saturday, October 28, 2023

Photo of a Crowd in Front of the Patent Office Building in Washington DC (1860)

 

View of a crowd on front of and on top of the Old Patent Office Building for an unidentified event in Washington, D.C., on May 1860. The event was possibly related to the arrival of a delegation of Japanese diplomats who set foot in the city on May 14, 1860. Possibly taken by photographer Titian Ramsay Peale.

Source: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Friday, October 27, 2023

Photo of a Model of an Unrealized Version of the Confederate Monument at Stone Mountain in Georgia (1928)

 

View of a model of the unrealized Confederate monument on Stone Mountain in Georgia, 1928. The scaled back carving on the mountain would be completed in 1972. Originally published by Keystone View Company.

Source: Library of Congress.

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Photo Portrait of Photographer J. C. Moulton of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1900)


Portrait of photographer J. C. Moulton (1824-1914) of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, c. 1900. Moulton started taking daguerreotypes in 1848 and took a number of stereoviews of Fitchburg. From the book Fitchburg Past and Present by William Andrew Emerson published in 1903.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Photo of the County Jail in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Which Was Destroyed By a Fire in 1875 (1860s/1870s)

 

View of the Fitchburg County Jail in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, c. 1860s/1870s. It was destroyed by a fire during which no prisoners were injured or escaped in 1875. Attributed to J. C. Moulton. From the book Fitchburg Past and Present by William Andrew Emerson published in 1903.

Monday, October 23, 2023

Photo of Union Soldiers of the Fitchburg Fusiliers in Front of the Rollstone House in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Before Leaving to Fight in the Civil War (1861)

 

Portrait of Union soldiers of the Fitchburg Fusiliers in front of the Rollstone House in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1861. The photo was taken shortly before they left to fight in the Civil War as Company B of the 15th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Attributed to J. C. Moulton. From the book Fitchburg Past and Present by William Andrew Emerson published in 1903.