“View Looking Up Kansas River Towards General Dietzler’s House” (1867)

“View looking up Kansas River towards General Dietzler’s house.” Stereoview taken in Kansas in 1867 by Alexander Gardner.

Source: Library of Congress.

View of Beaufort While it Was Occupied by Union Forces (1862)

View of Beaufort, South Carolina, while it was occupied by Union forces, c. 1862. By Samuel Cooley.

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Animated Stereoview of a Group of Artists Painting Along an Unidentified River

Animated stereoview of a group of artists painting along an unidentified river.

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View of People Skating on a Frozen Lake or River in Detroit, Michigan (1860)

View of people skating on a frozen lake or river in Detroit, Michigan, 1860. Animated stereoview.

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Calotype View of a Group of People Posing on a Riverbank (1850)

Calotype view of a group of people posing on a riverbank probably somewhere in the United States, c. 1850. By the Langenheim brothers.

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Time-lapse Comparison of Daguerreotype Views of the Seine River in Paris (1839)

Animated time-lapse of the photographs.

Detail view of the animated time-lapse.

Two daguerreotype views taken along the Seine River in Paris by an unknown photographer in 1839, which was the year that the discovery of photography  was announced to the world. The first image is an animated time-lapse comparison of the photographs. A number of people can be observed on the far side of the river, some of whom seemed to have not moved very much between photographs.

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View Along a Bank of the Nile River in Upper Egypt

View along the bank of the Nile River in Girga, Upper Egypt, 1857. By Francis Frith. Animated time-lapse stereoscopic photograph.

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