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Sunday, August 31, 2014
A Group of Men Posing in Front of a House Damaged by Artillery Fire During the Battle of Fort Stevens (1864)
A group of Union soldiers and civilians (at least two wearing badges) posing in front of a house damaged by artillery fire during the Battle of Fort Stevens in Washington, D.C., 1864. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Friday, August 29, 2014
Stereoscopic Daguerreotype Portrait of a Nude Woman by an Unknown French Photographer
Stereoscopic daguerreotype portrait of a nude woman by an unknown French photographer, c. 1850's. Animated stereoscopic daguerreotypes.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
A Group of People Posing in Front of a House in Rolle, Switzerland (1852)
A group of people posing outside of a house in Rolle, Switzerland, October 1852. By Jean-Gabriel Eynard. Animated stereoscopic daguerreotypes.
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View of Carriage Traffic on Champs-Élysées in Paris (1904)
View of carriage traffic on Champs-Élysées in Paris, 1904. Animated stereoview. By William Herman Rau.
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william henry rau
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Second View of a Union Soldier of the 31st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing With His Family Near Fort Slocum in Washington, D.C. (1861)
Second and more widely known view of a Union soldier from the 31st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing with his family in front of a tent as a few comrades are seen posing in the background which was taken in a camp near Fort Slocum in Washington, D.C., 1861. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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A Union Soldier With a Bayoneted Musket Posing in Front of a Cannon
"Pvt. T.H.P. Inslee." A Union soldier with a bayoneted musket posing in front of a cannon during the Civil War. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Monday, August 18, 2014
Second View of Japanese Troops Killed in an Assault on a Russian Fort During the Siege of Port Arthur (1904)
Russian soldiers posing with Japanese troops killed in an assault on a Russian fort during the Siege of Port Arthur, 1904. Animated stereoview.
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Russian Soldiers Burying the Bodies of Japanese Troops in a Trench During the Siege of Port Arthur (1904)
Russian soldiers burying the bodies of Japanese troops in a trench inside of the Russian-held fort that they had assaulted during the Siege of Port Arthur, 1904. By Underwood & Underwood. Animated stereoview.
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A Japanese Mine Exploding Under the Defenses of a Russian-held Fort on East Kikwan Hill During the Siege of Port Arthur (1904)
Photograph of a Japanese mine exploding under the defenses of a Russian-held fort on East Kikwan Hill during the Siege of Port Arthur, 1904. Probably the first photograph of a mine explosion during a conflict. The second photograph is of Japanese infantry assaulting the same Russian fort and was probably taken soon after the mine exploded.
MFA version of first image.
Source of second image.
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