Sunday, January 18, 2015

Four Animated Stereoscopic Views of the Dead Confederate Sharpshooter in Devil's Den After the Battle of Gettysburg (1863)

By Alexander Gardner.

By Timothy O'Sullivan.

By Timothy O'Sullivan.

The body after being moved 72 yards and posed next to the stone wall. By Timothy O'Sullivan.

Four animated stereoscopic views of the Confederate sharpshooter in Devil's Den after the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863. By Alexander Gardner and Timothy O'Sullivan.

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Reconstructed Animated Stereoscopic Portrait of John Wilkes Booth Made From Two Carte De Visites


Reconstructed animated stereoscopic portrait of John Wilkes Booth made from two carte de visites taken in the early 1860's. They were probably taken with a camera that had at least four lenses as these photographs look like they were taken from two lenses which were directly over each other. By Case and Getchell.

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Animated Stereoscopic Daguerreotype Portrait of Members of the Eynard-Lullin Family (1852)


Animated stereoscopic daguerreotype portrait of members of the Eynard-Lullin family, c. 1852. By Jean-Gabriel Eynard.

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French Troops Waiting to Launch an Assault Near Soissons, France, During World War 1


French troops waiting to launch an assault near Soissons, France, during World War 1. The smoke from an artillery bombardment of Saint-Mard is visible in the far distance. Animated stereoview.

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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Two French Soldiers Posing With a Wounded German POW in a Trench Near Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France, During World War 1


Two French soldiers posing with a wounded German POW in a trench near Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France, during World War 1. Animated stereoview.

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A Group of Union Officers From the 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing in Front of Horses Killed During the Battle of Cedar Mountain in Culpeper County, Virginia (1862)


A group of Union officers from the 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing in front of two horses killed during the Battle of Cedar Mountain in Culpeper County, Virginia, August 1862. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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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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