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Sunday, April 29, 2018
Carte De Visite Portrait of a Group of Unidentified Schoolgirls (1870′s)
Carte de visite portrait of a group of unidentified schoolgirls, c. 1870′s. By New York City photographer John G. Müller.
Source: New York Public Library.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Union Soldiers Loading a 15-inch Rodman Gun in Fort Warren on Georges Island at the Entrance to Boston Harbor in Massachusetts During the American Civil War (1864)
Union soldiers loading a 15-inch Rodman gun in Fort Warren on Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor in Massachusetts during the American Civil War, 1864. By James Wallace Black.
Source: Boston Public Library.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Carte De Visite of American Inventor Zadoc Dederick’s Steam-Powered Humanlike Walking Automaton Pulling a Cart (1868)
Carte de visite of American inventor Zadoc Dederick’s steam-powered humanlike walking automaton pulling a cart, c. 1868. By George O. Bedford.
Source: New York Public Library.
Monday, April 23, 2018
Portrait of a Smiling Beggar Boy by Swedish-Born British Photographer Oscar Gustave Rejlander (1860)
Portrait of a smiling beggar boy by Swedish-born British photographer Oscar Gustave Rejlander, c. 1860.
Source: National Museum of American History.
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Mark Twain Getting a Drink of Water From a Dispenser at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri (1904)
Mark Twain (man with white hair in center) getting a drink of water from a dispenser at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, 1904.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Portrait of a Group of German Soldiers Posing With Three Sitting Allied Prisoners of War Somewhere in Germany During World War 1 (1910's)
Portrait of a group of German soldiers posing with three sitting Allied prisoners of war somewhere in Germany during World War 1. One of the prisoners is identified as Private P. Robertson who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Source: Wellcome Images.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
View of a Market in the Qasr An Nil Area of Cairo, Egypt (1870′s/1880′s)
View of a market in the Qasr an Nil area of Cairo, Egypt, c. 1870′s/1880′s. By C. and G. Zangaki.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Studio Portrait of a Veiled Arab Woman (1870′s/1880′s)
Studio portrait of a veiled Arab woman, c. 1870′s/1880′s. By C. and G. Zangaki.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Monday, April 9, 2018
Portrait of a Group of Native American Basket Makers Posing With Their Families in a Camp Somewhere Along the Saint Lawrence River in New York (1880's/1890's)
Portrait of a group of Native American basket makers posing with their families in a camp somewhere along the Saint Lawrence River in New York, c. 1883-1893. Albertype print.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Portrait of a Man Posing at the Entrance of a Mine Somewhere in the Pahranagat Valley of Nevada (1871)
Portrait of a man posing at the entrance of a mine somewhere in the Pahranagat Valley of Nevada, 1871. By Timothy O’Sullivan.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Portrait of Firemen Posing With a Steam Pumper Fire Engine Named Mazeppa No 3 in Factory Square in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1866)
Portrait of firemen posing with a steam pumper fire engine named Mazeppa No 3 in Factory Square in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1866. From the book Fitchburg Past and Present by William Andrew Emerson published in 1903.
Portrait of a Group of Employees Including Bartenders and Dancers Posing in Front of Hovey’s Dance Hall in Clifton, Arizona Territory (1884)
Portrait of a group of employees including bartenders and dancers posing in front of Hovey’s Dance Hall in which they worked in Clifton, Arizona Territory, 1884. The dance hall's manager, Anton Mazzanovich, is posing next to a tree, second from right.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
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Thursday, April 5, 2018
View of Native Americans Digging an Irrigation Canal On The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona Territory (1886)
View of Native Americans digging an irrigation canal on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona Territory, 1886.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Stereoview Titled “Ceremony of Blessing the Apple, Procession From the Cathedral of the Assumption, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia” (1901)
Stereoview titled “Ceremony of blessing the apple, procession from the Cathedral of the Assumption, Kremlin, Moscow, Russia”, c. 1901.
Source: Library of Congress.
View of the Confederate States Navy Ironclad CSS Stonewall Anchored Off of Ferrol, Spain, During the American Civil War (1865)
View of the Confederate States Navy ironclad CSS Stonewall anchored off of Ferrol, Spain, during the American Civil War in March 1865.
Source: Library of Congress.
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Portrait of Employees Posing in a Chinese Grocery Store in the Chinatown Section of San Francisco, California (1887)
Portrait of employees posing in a Chinese grocery store in the Chinatown section of San Francisco, California, 1887. By Isaiah West Taber.
Source: Rijksmuseum.