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Showing posts with label wreckage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wreckage. Show all posts
Saturday, August 8, 2015
British Military Personnel Inspecting the Wreckage of a Crashed German Zeppelin During World War 1
British military personnel inspecting the wreckage of a crashed German Zeppelin during World War 1.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Two Views of Men Posing With the Wreckage of a Steam Locomotive Named Charles Minot Which Was Derailed During an Attack by Confederate Cavalry Near Manassas Junction, Virginia (1862)
Two views of men posing with the wreckage of a steam locomotive named Charles Minot which was derailed during an attack by Confederate cavalry in Virginia, 1862. The men, probably railroad engineers, appear to be trying to salvage the locomotive. According to Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War, this was a train derailed by Confederate cavalry near Manassas Junction in 1862. By Andrew J. Russell.
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Negative version of the second photograph held by the National Archives (NARA).
Monday, December 8, 2014
A Group of Union Soldiers Posing With the Recent Graves of Soldiers Killed During the Battle of Cedar Mountain (1862)
A group of Union soldiers posing with the recent graves of soldiers killed during the Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 1862. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Two Men Sorting Through Debris in the Wreckage of a Building After the Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Two men sorting through debris in the wreckage of a building after the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. By the Keystone View Company. Animated stereoview.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Three Men Posing Amdist the Ruins on Main Street of Chambersburg After it was Torched by Confederate Forces (1864)
Three men posing amidst the ruins on Main Street of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, after most of the town was torched by Confederate forces, 1864. Animated stereoview.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014
The Wreckage of a Steam Locomotive in the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Depot (1865)
Union soldiers and civilians posing with the wreckage of a steam locomotive in the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad depot in Richmond, Virginia, 1865. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Friday, May 23, 2014
San Francisco Earthquake Aftermath in Color
Color animated stereoscopic photograph taken near City Hall of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
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Sunday, April 13, 2014
Crash of the Wright Military Flyer, the First Fatal Powered Airplane Crash, at Fort Myer, Virginia (1908)
Spectators tending to pilot Orville Wright or passenger Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge moments after the crash of the Wright Military Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia, 1908. Selfridge, who wasn't wearing any protective gear, died from a fractured skull, becoming the first powered airplane crash fatality. Orville Wright suffered severe injuries but survived. Animated stereoview.
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