Sunday, July 13, 2014

A Doughboy Posing with a Howitzer


An American soldier posing with a howitzer, c. 1918. Animated stereoview.

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French Soldiers Wearing Gas Masks Lifting a Man on a Stretcher


French medical personnel wearing gas masks lifting a man on a stretcher probably during a gas drill, c. 1918. Animated stereoview.

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Doughboys Guarding German POWs During the Battle of Belleau Wood


American troops guarding a group of German POWs during the Battle of Belleau Wood, 1918.

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Time-lapse Comparison of Daguerreotype Views of the Seine River in Paris (1839)

Animated time-lapse of the photographs.

Detail view of the animated time-lapse.



Two daguerreotype views taken along the Seine River in Paris by an unknown photographer in 1839, which was the year that the discovery of photography  was announced to the world. The first image is an animated time-lapse comparison of the photographs. A number of people can be observed on the far side of the river, some of whom seemed to have not moved very much between photographs.

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Saturday, July 12, 2014

An African American Man Standing on a Street Corner in Baltimore, 1856


An African American man standing on a street corner in Baltimore, 1856. By the Langenheim Brothers. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Two Union Soldiers Strike Boxing Poses in a Camp in Petersburg


A group of Union soldiers posing in camp, two of whom are striking boxing poses, Petersburg, Virginia, April 1865. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Union Soldiers in a Trench on the North Bank of the North Anna River


Union soldiers in a trench on the north bank of the North Anna River, 1864. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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