Portrait of a Group of European and Chinese Men Posing in Front of a Bank in Shanghai, China (1871)

Portrait of a group of European and Chinese men posing in front of a bank in Shanghai, China, 1871. By Scottish photographer John Thomson.

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German Soldiers in a Truck Headed to the Front in Somme, France, During World War 1 (1910's)

German soldiers in a truck headed to the front in Somme, France, during World War 1.

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Group Portrait of Officers of the Dutch Navy Screw Steamship Named Metalen Kruis Off the Coast of Japan (1864)

Group portrait of officers of the Dutch Navy screw steamship named Metalen Kruis (Metal Cross) off the coast of Japan, 1864. By Te Gempt and Van Moorsel.

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Carte De Visite Portrait of Confederate Soldier Austin A. Trescott of the 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment Posing With His Unit’s Regimental Colors Shortly After the End of the Civil War

Carte de visite portrait of Confederate soldier Austin A. Trescott from Company A of the 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment posing his unit’s tattered regimental colors shortly after the end of the Civil War.

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Union Soldiers Drilling in Square Formation During the Civil War at Fort Wayne in Detroit, Michigan

Union soldiers drilling in square formation during the Civil War at Fort Wayne in Detroit, Michigan.

Three Union Troops Posing in Front of Fort Monroe (1861)

Three Union troops posing in front of Fort Monroe, 1861. By George Stacy. Animated stereoview.

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Three Union Soldiers Posing on Top of a Signal Tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland (1862)

Three Union soldiers posing on top of a signal tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, September 1862. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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General Orlando Wilcox Posing With His Staff in Camp During the Siege of Petersburg (1864)

Union General Orlando Wilcox of the 3rd Division, IX Corps, posing with his staff in camp during the Siege of Petersburg, 1864. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Czechoslovak Legion Soldiers on Parade

Men of the Czechoslovak Legion on parade in Prague, c. 1919. Animated stereoview.

A Film-Like Photographic Sequence and Stereoscopic Views of a Union Camp From One Plate

Animated photographic sequence.

Animated stereoscopic view of the top photographs.

Animated stereoscopic view of the bottom photographs.

Original photographic plate.

A rare four photograph stereoscopic plate taken of Union soldiers in camp which is probably a Sanitary Commission camp in Virginia, c. 1864. Each photograph was taken seconds apart which allows the photos to be viewed in a film-like photographic sequence as seen in the first animation. It also allows the photographs to be viewed as animated stereoscopic images, which can be seen in the second and third animations.

Animations of stereoscopic images from four-photograph plates sadly do not seem to come out as well as those of the standard two-photograph stereoscopic plates. Distortions seem to be present that prevent this perhaps because photographers never perfected using the four photograph plates or else it was simply too impractical.

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