Showing posts with label 1917. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1917. 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.

Sunday, January 8, 2017

Animated Stereoscopic In-Flight Photographs of Lieutenant Michas Piloting a French Caudron G.4 Bomber at an Altitude of 1,200 Meters (1917)


Animated stereoscopic in-flight photographs of Lieutenant Michas piloting a French Caudron G.4 bomber at an altitude of 1,200 meters probably somewhere over France, June 2, 1917. By Raoul Berthelé.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

British Soldiers in and Around a Trench During the Battle of Arras in France (1917)


British soldiers in and around a trench during the Battle of Arras in France, 1917. Smoke from artillery shell explosions can be seen in the distance.

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Friday, December 5, 2014

Two Italian Soldiers Standing Guard at the Entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Palestine (1917)


Two Italian troops standing guard at the entrance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Palestine, c. 1917. By the American Colony. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Color Autochrome Photographs of Claude Monet in His Garden at Giverny (1917-1921)

 Color autochrome of Claude Monet posing in the garden in front of his house in Giverny, France, 1921. Source.

Variation of the first photograph. Source.

Monet in his garden posing in front of his famous bridge, c. 1917. Source.

Another view of Monet his garden at the water lily pool, c. 1917. Source.

Color autochrome photographs of Claude Monet in his garden at his house in Giverny by Étienne Clémentel.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Two Dead German Soldiers Lying Outside of a Concrete Bunker After the Battle of the Menin Road (1917)


Two dead German soldiers lying outside of a concrete bunker captured by Allied forces after the Battle of the Menin Road, 1917. Animated stereoview.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Battle of Tel el-Ful Mass Grave

British soldiers pose next to a mass grave for Ottoman soldiers killed during the Battle of Tel el-Ful, near Jerusalem, Palestine, 1917. Today the area is known as Gibeah. Animated stereoview.

Monday, February 10, 2014

Church of the Nativity

French and British soldiers standing guard in front of the Church of the Nativity, Jerusalem, c. 1918. Animated stereoview.

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