Photo of a Man Posing With What is Said to be a Bronze Dome From the Porcelain Pagoda Tower in Nanjing, China (1871)

 

Photo of a man posing with what is said to be a bronze dome from the Porcelain Pagoda tower in Nanjing, China, 1871. The tower had been destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion in 1856. Note the graffiti written on the dome and also the building rubble presumably from the tower scattered around it. Taken by Scottish photographer John Thomson. From a scan of the original glass negative.

Source: Wellcome Collection.

Union Soldiers and Civilians Posing in an Encampment and On the Ruins of the Morris Island Lighthouse Near Charleston, South Carolina, During the American Civil War (1863)

Union soldiers and civilians posing in an encampment and on the ruins of the Morris Island Lighthouse near Charleston, South Carolina, during the American Civil War in July or August 1863. Some of the men on the pile of rubble are possibly watching distant exchanges of artillery fire by Union and Confederate forces in Charleston Harbor. By photographers Haas and Peale.

Source: Library of Congress.

View of Confederate Soldiers and Rubble in Front of a Barracks Building in the Interior of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina (1863)

View of Confederate soldiers and rubble in front of a barracks building in the interior of Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina, 1863. By George S. Cook.

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French Troops Advancing Through the Town of Laon, France, During World War 1 (1918)

French troops moving through the town of Laon, France, during World War 1, 1918. From the book Pictorial History of the Great War.

View of Buildings Razed by Union Troops in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Shortly After the Battle of Baton Rouge (1862)

View of buildings razed by Union troops in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, shortly after the Battle of Baton Rouge, 1862. A defensive stockade built by the Union garrison is visible in the background. By Andrew Lytle. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

People Posing Amidst the Rubble of Destroyed Buildings on Summer Street in the Aftermath of the Great Boston Fire (1872)

People posing amidst the rubble of destroyed buildings on Summer Street in the aftermath of the Great Boston Fire of 1872. Animated stereoview.

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View of Buildings Destroyed by Fire in Richmond, Virginia (1865)

View of buildings destroyed by fire in Richmond, Virginia, April 1865. By John Reekie. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Three Men Posing Amdist the Ruins on Main Street of Chambersburg After it was Torched by Confederate Forces (1864)

Three men posing amidst the ruins on Main Street of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, after most of the town was torched by Confederate forces, 1864. Animated stereoview.

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Confederate Soldiers Posing With Cannons and Rubble in the Interior of Fort Sumter (1861)

"Salient with North-west Casemates, Fort Sumter." A group of Confederate soldiers posing with cannons and rubble in the interior of Fort Sumter shortly after its surrender by Union forces, April 1861. A rare example of a stereoscopic image taken of non-POW Confederates in the field. The second photograph is a CDV version that is much sharper in its details. By Osborn & Durbec.

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Animated Stereoviews of Destruction in Fort Sumter Taken Shortly After the Union Surrender (1861)

A group of men cleaning up a section of Fort Sumter after the surrender.

The flagpole which was cut down by Confederate artillery fire during the bombardment of Fort Sumter. A group of men can be seen cleaning up rubble in the background.

A row of artillery pieces in a casemate in the interior Fort Sumter.

Shell damage to an exterior brick wall of Fort Sumter.

Views of the damaged interior and exterior of Fort Sumter shortly after its surrender by Union forces in 1861. By Osborn and Durbec. Animated stereoviews.

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Osborn & Durbec

Osborn & Durbec