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Thursday, September 25, 2025
Photo of a Group of French Army Zouave Soldiers in Posing In a Camp in Palestro, Italy, During the Second Italian War of Independence (1859)
Photo of a group of French Army Zouave soldiers posing in a camp in Palestro, Italy, during the Second Italian War of Independence, 1859. They were probably involved in fighting in the Battle of Palestro against Austrian troops on May 30-31, 1859. Originally published as a stereoview.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Daguerreotype View of a Crowd in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City Taken By An Unidentified Italian Photographer in Rome, The Papal States (1845)
Daguerreotype view of a crowd in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City taken by an unidentified Italian photographer in Rome, the Papal States, c. 1845. One of the earliest photographs of Vatican City.
Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Carte De Visite Portrait of a Man Posing in the Excavated Ruins of an Ancient Roman Building in Pompeii, Italy (1860's)
Carte de visite portrait of a man posing in the excavated ruins of an Ancient Roman building in Pompeii, Italy, c. 1860's.
Source: Library of Congress.
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Carte De Visite Portrait of Pope Pius IX (1860′s/1870′s)
Carte de visite portrait of Pope Pius IX, c. 1860′s/1870′s. By Paul Emile Pesme.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Friday, August 26, 2016
Italian Troops of a Regiment From Florence Resting After a Battle on the Italian Front During World War 1
Italian troops of a regiment from Florence resting after a battle on the Italian front during World War 1. From the book Pictorial History of the Great War.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Daguerreotype View of the South Front of St. Mark’s Basilica, St. Mark’s Clocktower, and the Procuratie in Venice
Daguerreotype view of the south front of St. Mark’s Basilica (right), St. Mark’s Clocktower, and the Procuratie in Venice, c. 1850. By John Ruskin.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
An American Soldier Firing a Bazooka at an Axis Target 300 Yards Away Near Lucca, Italy (1944)
An American soldier firing a bazooka at an Axis target 300 away distant near Lucca, Italy, September 7, 1944. Original caption: "This Negro combat patrol advanced three miles north of Lucca (furthermost point occupied by American troops) to contact an enemy machine gun nest. Here a bazooka-man cuts loose at the target some 300 yards distant."
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Daguerreotype of Two Men Posing With an Indian Elephant Named Fritz in Turin, Italy (1850)
Daguerreotype of two men posing with an Indian elephant named Fritz in Turin, Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, c. 1850.
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Sunday, November 23, 2014
View of the Buffalora Bridge Over the Ticino River Which Was Partially Destroyed by Austrian Forces During the Second Italian War of Independence (1859)
View of the Buffalora Bridge over the Ticino River which was partially destroyed by Austrian forces during the Second Italian War of Independence, Italy, 1859. The bridge connected the Italian provinces of Lombardy and Piedmont. Animated stereoview.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
A French Soldier Demonstrating an Austrian Flamethrower Captured on the Italian Front
A French soldier demonstrating an Austrian flamethrower captured on the Italian Front during World War 1. Animated stereoview.
Monday, July 7, 2014
A Military Hospital in Milan During the Second Italian War of Independence
A military hospital in Milan possibly in the process of receiving
wounded patients during the Second Italian War of Independence, 1859. Animated time-lapse stereoscopic photographs.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Two Men Standing Amongst Soldiers who Died Fighting in a Cemetery During the Battle of Melegnano
Two men standing amongst soldiers who died fighting in a cemetery during the Battle of Melegnano which was part of the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859. Believed to be the first photograph taken immediately after a clash of the dead on a battlefield. Animated stereoscopic photograph.
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Sunday, May 4, 2014
A Convoy of Wounded Soldiers on the Road to Brescia After the Battle of Solferino (1859)
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Time-lapse view of a convoy of wagons bringing wounded soldiers to Brescia in the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino during the Second Italian War of Independence, 1859. The stereoscopic images were taken a short time apart, possibly around second, giving the image a slight amount of motion when animated.
The animations have slight variations in the positioning of the stereoview photographs on top of each other. The photographs to not seem to match up very well like other stereoviews in the series which might be a result of the time-lapse in their making.
Source.
Updated animation 3 (2020):
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