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Showing posts with label crowds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crowds. Show all posts
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Firefighters Putting Out a Blaze in a Warehouse Owned by Cyrus Fields in New York City (1859)
A crowd watching firefighters putting out a fire in a warehouse owned by Cyrus W. Field in New York City, 1859. Animated stereoview.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014
President Abraham Lincoln at Independence Hall in Honor of the Admission of Kansas Into the Union, Philadelphia (1861)
President-elect Abraham Lincoln raising a flag at Independence Hall in honor of the admission of Kansas into the Union, Philadelphia, February 22, 1861.
"Lincoln was standing without a hat above the third star from the left. His son Tad leaned on the rail with his chin in his hand. Once his powerful affirmation was delivered, he enjoyed the fun, and went outside to raise the flag. He hoisted it with ease, and a loud cheer erupted from the tens of thousands assembled. A fuzzy photograph captures him there, the only one we have from the entire 12-day journey. Lincoln’s face is indistinct; but his presence can be felt; the tree-climbers in the foreground and the soldiers in the front row convey the urgency that now followed him everywhere."
The second and third photographs are cropped and uncropped versions of the same photo.
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Friday, February 28, 2014
Union Soldiers Returning Home
A large crowd attending an event welcoming Union soldiers home, Philadelphia, 1865. The main stand for where the most prominent attendees sit is the structure in the background festooned with flags. The banner in the background contains the names of the battles the soldiers fought in including the battles of Seven Pines, Bull Run, Antietam, Malvern Hill, and Mobile Bay. Animated stereoview.
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Monday, February 17, 2014
A Derailed Locomotive
A group of people posing with a derailed locomotive. Said to be taken in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Date unknown, c. 1860's-1880's. Animated stereoview.
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Another photograph from the crash.
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