Showing posts with label dead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dead. Show all posts

Monday, April 17, 2017

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Monday, August 22, 2016

“Spanish Civil Guards Examining the Corpse of a Famous Brigand” (1902)


“Spanish Civil Guards examining the corpse of a famous brigand,” c. 1902. By Canovas. From Black and White Illustrated Budget.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

The Body of a Dead American Soldier Lying at the Entrance of a German Machine Gun Nest in the Bois de la Grande Montagne, France (1918)


The body of a dead American soldier lying at the entrance of a German machine gun nest in the Bois de la Grande Montagne, France, 1918. From the Official History of the 315th Infantry.

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Two Staged Photographs of French Casualties From the Battle of Buzenval During the Siege of Paris (1871)


A similar photograph from Tips Images. At least two of the men look like they are also in the photograph above.

Two staged or reenactment photographs showing scenes of French casualties from the Battle of Buzenval during the Siege of Paris, France, c. 1871. Other sources say the photographs are of casualties actually during the Paris Commune or Franco-Prussian War, but this seems quite unlikely.

Source.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Sunday, February 15, 2015

The Body of a Young Confederate Soldier in a Trench in Fort Mahone During the Siege of Petersburg Near Petersburg, Virginia (1865)


The body of a young Confederate soldier in a trench in Fort Mahone who was killed during the final days of the Siege of Petersburg near Petersburg, Virginia, April 3, 1865. By Thomas C. Roche. Animated stereoview.

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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Daguerreotype Portrait of Dr. Jonathan Letterman at the Bedside of a Dead or Dying Patient (1849)


Daguerreotype portrait of Dr. Jonathan Letterman at the bedside of a dead or dying patient, 1849. He later became a major in the Union Army during the Civil War where he became known as the "Father of Modern Battlefield Medicine." The hospital named Camp Letterman set up after the Battle of Gettysburg was named after him. Image from the American Experience documentary called Death and the Civil War.

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More information.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

View of a Damaged Artillery Caisson, a Dead Horse And Other Debris After the Battle of Gettysburg (1863)


"Unfit for service." View of a damaged artillery caisson, dead horse, and other debris after the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863. A Union Army wagon train can be seen in the background. By Alexander Gardner. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Confederate Soldiers Killed During the Battle of Gettysburg Believed to Have Been Photographed on the Rose Farm (1863)


"Confederate soldiers who had evidently been shelled by our batteries on Round Top." Confederate soldiers killed during the Battle of Gettysburg believed to have been photographed on the Rose Farm, July 1863. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Monday, September 15, 2014

Two Dead German Soldiers Lying Outside of a Concrete Bunker After the Battle of the Menin Road (1917)


Two dead German soldiers lying outside of a concrete bunker captured by Allied forces after the Battle of the Menin Road, 1917. Animated stereoview.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Monday, August 18, 2014