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Thursday, December 5, 2024

Portrait of a Group of Communard Soldiers Posing With Two Cannon at a Barricade During the Paris Commune (1871)

 Portrait of a group of Communard soldiers posing with two cannon at a barricade during the Paris Commune in Paris, France, 1871. Cabinet card-sized albumen print taken by photographer Bruno Braquehais.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Union Soldiers Posing on Sandbag Fortifications and With Parrott Rifles in Battery Stevens on Morris Island Near Charleston, South Carolina (1863)


Union soldiers posing on sandbag fortifications and with Parrott rifles in Battery Stevens on Morris Island, South Carolina, 1863. Battle smoke from nearby artillery fire is possibly visible in the background. By Haas and Peale.

Source: Library of Congress.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

A British Soldier Posing With a Rifle Grenade in a Trench Somewhere in the Balkans During World War 1


A British soldier posing with a rifle grenade in a trench somewhere in the Balkans during World War 1. Published by the Keystone View Company. Animated stereoview.

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Monday, April 13, 2015

Two Scenes of Union Soldiers Posing on Earthworks Near Atlanta, Georgia (1864)



Two scenes of Union soldiers posing on earthworks near Atlanta, Georgia, July 1864. By George Barnard. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Time-Lapse View of Union Soldiers Posing With the Wreckage of the Swamp Angel on Morris Island, South Carolina (1863)


Close-up view of the barrel of the 8-inch Parrot gun and the Union soldiers playing cards,

Time-lapse view of Union soldiers posing with the wreckage of the Swamp Angel, a gun emplacement for an 8-inch Parrot gun which was built in swampland on Morris Island, 1863. It fired incendiary shells into downtown Charleston, a distant 4.5 miles away, until it burst during its 36th shot on August 23, 1863. Two of the soldiers near the barrel of the Parrot gun are playing a card game. By Haas and Peale.

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Monday, January 12, 2015

Two Views of an Unidentified Man Posing in Front of a Bombproof in Fort Sedgwick Which Was Built by Union Troops During the Siege of Petersburg Near Petersburg, Virginia (1865)

First view of the man posing in front of the bombproof in the foreground on the left.

View of the background on the right.

Second view of the man posing in front of the bombproof.

Two views of an unidentified man posing in front of a bombproof in Fort Sedgwick which was built by Union troops during the Siege of Petersburg near Petersburg, Virginia, 1865. A group of Union soldiers are seen posing in the background to the right of the first stereoscopic view. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Saturday, December 27, 2014

Three Men Posing With Two Mortars in the Trapier Mortar Battery on Morris Island Shortly After the Surrender of the Nearby Fort Sumter by Union Forces in Charleston Harbor (1861)


Three men posing with two mortars in the Trapier Mortar Battery on Morris Island shortly after the surrender of the nearby Fort Sumter by Union forces in Charleston Harbor, 1861. The battery fired its mortars at Fort Sumter in the bombardment leading to its surrender. The darkroom used by the photographers to develop this photograph is visible behind the mortar in the background. By Osborn and Durbec. From The Blue and Gray in Black and White: A History of Civil War Photography.

Monday, August 18, 2014

A Japanese Mine Exploding Under the Defenses of a Russian-held Fort on East Kikwan Hill During the Siege of Port Arthur (1904)



Photograph of a Japanese mine exploding under the defenses of a Russian-held fort on East Kikwan Hill during the Siege of Port Arthur, 1904. Probably the first photograph of a mine explosion during a conflict. The second photograph is of Japanese infantry assaulting the same Russian fort and was probably taken soon after the mine exploded.

MFA version of first image.

Source of second image.

Monday, July 14, 2014

British Soldiers During Training




British soldiers during training. The soldier with the bayonet to his ear is demonstrating a technique used to detect enemy movements by listening to their ground vibrations. Animated stereoview.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Monday, April 7, 2014