Portrait of three grave diggers posing with a recently dug grave in a cemetery, location unknown, c. 1860s. Attributed to Mathew Brady. Note the blanket in the foreground used for collecting dirt from the grave as it is being dug. Also, a possible hearse is seen in the background at the top of the hill at left.
Portrait of a large group posing in front of the City Hotel (right) and Old Powder Magazine (left) in Williamsburg, Virginia, c. 1870s. This could possibly be the earliest surviving photo of the magazine which was the focal point of the 1775 Gunpowder Incident, a very early event in the Revolutionary War which is largely forgotten today. The photo was originally published by photography firm Anderson & Ennis as a stereoview.
Portrait of a large group of men, probably civilian kitchen workers, posing in a room which might have been a dining hall, c. 1865. The photograph was probably taken in a building in Washington D.C. towards the end of the Civil War or shortly after when Federal government war effort operations in the city were extensively photographed. I have never come across print version of this photo before. Attributed to Mathew Brady.
Staged scene of a group of young British soldiers, most probably cadets, having a mock battle on a hillside, c. 1857-1859. An early albumen print.
Cabinet card copy of a daguerreotype of streaks of lightning over St. Louis, Missouri, taken by photographer Thomas Easterly at 9:00 PM on June 18, 1847. The original daguerreotype is said to be lost today and the Missouri Historical Society only has this cabinet card copy in their collections.
Portrait of an unidentified man posing on the rear platform of a train car, c. 1863.
Portrait of a group of Communard soldiers posing with two cannon at a barricade during the Paris Commune in Paris, France, 1871. Cabinet card-sized albumen print taken by photographer Bruno Braquehais.
