Showing posts with label 1916. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1916. Show all posts

Saturday, January 19, 2019

"William Duncan Late in Life, Exhibiting to Friends For Photographing the Canvas, Hammock, Clock, Water Bottle, and Accordion Used By Him On His Voyage to Victoria, British Columbia, in 1856-57."


"William Duncan late in life, exhibiting to friends for photographing the canvas, hammock, clock, water bottle, and accordion used by him on his voyage to Victoria, British Columbia, in 1856-57." Duncan was a British missionary who founded the Tsimshian communities of Metlakatla, British Columbia, and Metlakatla, Alaska. Taken by Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, c. 1916-1917.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
William Duncan's Wikipedia entry.

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

German Infantry Assaulting a French-held Le Mort Homme during the Battle of Verdun (1916)



Two photographs of German infantry assaulting a French position called Le Mort Homme (English sources call Dead Man’s Hill) with flamethrowers and hand grenades during the Battle of Verdun, March 1916. By Hermann Rex.

Source.