Showing posts with label graveyard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graveyard. Show all posts

Friday, December 15, 2017

View of an Excavated Burial Ground of Christianized Native Americans From The 1500's/1600's in St. Augustine, Florida (1936/1937)


View of an excavated burial ground of Christianized Native Americans from the 1500's/1600's in St. Augustine, Florida. Photographed inside protective structure in 1936/1937. By Frances Benjamin Johnston.

Source: Library of Congress.

Monday, November 17, 2014

View of George Washington's Tomb in Mount Vernon, Virginia (1854)


View of George and Martha Washington's tomb in Mount Vernon, Virginia, 1856. By the Langenheim Brothers. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Two Photographs Taken During President Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois (1865)

 


Two photographs taken during President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral when his casket as well as the one of his son, William Wallace Lincoln, was temporarily placed in the receiving vault of Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, May 4, 1865. By Samuel Montague Fassett.

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Friday, July 25, 2014

The Graves of Soldiers Near a Hospital at City Point, Virginia



Two view of the graves of soldiers near a hospital at City Point, Virginia, c. 1864.  Attributed to Mathew Brady. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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