Hand-Colored Photo of Zombie Crusader Knight Alonzo the Brave Interrupting the Wedding of Imogene and the Baron in a Church Setting (1860)

 

Hand-colored photo of undead Crusader knight Alonzo the Brave interrupting the wedding of Imogene and the Baron in a church setting, c. 1855-1860. A scene from the 1796 ballad Alonzo the Brave and Fair Imogene by Matthew Gregory Lewis. Taken by photographer Alfred Silvester and originally published as a stereoview. Alonzo is described as a skeletal figure in the ballad, but in this stereoview version, he might be better described as probably the earliest photographed depiction of a zombie.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Hand-Colored Daguerreotype Portrait of French Lieutenant-Colonel Camille Ferri-Pisani (1861)

Hand-colored daguerreotype portrait of French Lieutenant-Colonel Camille Ferri-Pisani, 1861. He served as aide-de-camp to Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte during his 1861 visit to the United States. By Mathew Brady.

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Experimental Light Body Armor and Helmet Developed by the Ordnance Department Branch of the United States Army During World War 1

Experimental light body armor and helmet developed by the Ordnance Department branch of the United States Army during World War 1. From Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare by Bashford Dean.

The Body of a Dead Soldier Caught in a Barbed Wire Entanglement During World War 1

The decomposing body of a soldier that was killed trying to cross a barbed wire entanglement during World War I. Possibly a German soldier judging from the Stahlhelm helmet on the ground nearby. Animated stereoview.

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