Showing posts with label united states. Show all posts
Showing posts with label united states. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

View of the United State Capitol in Washington, D.C. (1848)


View of the United State Capitol photographed before its dome was remodeled to its current iconic form in Washington, D.C., c. 1848.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

View of the United States Capitol Before Its Dome Was Remodeled to its Current Iconic Form, Washington, D.C. (1856)


View of the United States Capitol photographed before its dome was remodeled to its current iconic form, Washington, D.C., 1856. By the Langenheim brothers. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Refugees of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Posing in Front of their Makeshift Shelter



Refugees of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake posing in front of their makeshift shelter which displays signs they made making light of their situation. Animated stereoview.

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Friday, March 28, 2014

First Photograph of a Manned Balloon in Flight? (1859)


A Thaddeus Lowe balloon named United States aloft at the corner of 6th Avenue and 59th Street, New York City, 1859. The balloon looks as though it is rising out of a temporary stadium with wooden bleachers. The address seems to put the event in Central Park or adjacent to it. The man that is visible in the balloon's basket might be Thaddeus Lowe himself. This is the earliest photograph that I have come across that undisputedly shows a balloon in flight. Animated stereoview.