Monday, December 28, 2015

Portrait of Two Union Navy Sailors Fencing on the Deck of the Union Gunboat USS Hunchback During the Civil War


Portrait of two Union Navy sailors fencing on the deck of the Union gunboat USS Hunchback during the Civil War. Probably by Egbert Guy Fowx. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Thursday, December 24, 2015

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Portrait of Five Members of a Survey Expedition Eating Around a Campfire (1870)


Portrait of five members of a survey expedition eating around a campfire, 1870. They are identified as (from left to right): James Stevenson, Charles Turnbull, Henry Elliot, Branson, and cook "Potato John." By William Henry Jackson. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Portrait of a Group of Women Posing Around a Stereo Viewer in Nantucket, Massachusetts (1800's)


Portrait of a group of unidentified women posing around a stereo viewer in a portrait studio in Nantucket, Massachusetts. By Josiah Freeman. Animated stereoview.

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Sunday, December 13, 2015

Friday, December 11, 2015

Tintype of a Photographer Posing With His Camera and Customers in Front of His Tent Studio (1890′s)


Tintype of a photographer posing with his camera and customers in front of his tent studio, c. 1890′s.

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Two Portraits of Union Soldier Theodore M. Slayton Taken 45 Years Apart in 1863 and 1908



Two portraits of Union soldier Theodore M. Slayton taken 45 years apart in 1863 and 1908. He served with Company H of the 13th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. From the book Pictorial History Thirteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers War of 1861-1865.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Two American Soldiers Keeping Watch From the Ruins of an Observatory in Montfaucon, France (1918)


Two American soldiers keeping watch from the ruins of an observatory in Montfaucon, France, October 17, 1918.

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Daguerreotype View of the Unitarian Congregational Church of the Messiah and Other Buildings Along Broadway in New York City, New York (1839)


Daguerreotype view of the Unitarian Congregational Church of the Messiah and other buildings along Broadway in New York City, New York, c. 1839. Believed to be the earliest surviving photograph of New York City. By Samuel Morse and John Draper.

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Animated Time-Lapse Portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee Posing on the Back Porch of His House in Richmond, Virginia (1865)

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Animated time-lapse portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee posing on the back porch of his house in Richmond, Virginia, April 16, 1865. He had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia one week before at Appomattox Court House. By Mathew Brady.

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Portrait of Union Soldiers of the 7th Regiment New York State Militia Posing in a Tent at Camp Cameron in Washington, D.C. (1861)


Portrait of Union soldiers of the 7th Regiment New York State Militia posing in a tent at Camp Cameron in Washington, D.C., 1861. Attributed to Mathew Brady.

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Three Unidentified Men Posing With Stonewall Jackson’s Horse Named Little Sorrel at a Stable in Richmond, Virginia (1863)


Three unidentified men posing with Stonewall Jackson’s horse named Little Sorrel at Virginia Governor John Letcher's stable in Richmond, Virginia, 1863. Jackson was riding Little Sorrel when he was mortally wounded during the Battle of Chancellorsville. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

View of the George Washington Equestrian Statue in Union Square on the Year of its Dedication in New York City (1856)


View of the George Washington equestrian statue on the year of its dedication in Union Square in New York City, New York, 1856. By the Langenheim brothers.

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Friday, December 4, 2015

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Two Portraits of Union Soldier John S. Templeton Taken 42 years Apart in 1862 and 1904



Two portraits of Union soldier John S. Templeton taken 42 years apart in 1862 and 1904. He served with Company C of the 13th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. From the book Pictorial History Thirteenth Regiment Vermont Volunteers War of 1861-1865.