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.
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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)
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Sunday, May 20, 2018
Portrait of a Large Group of Children and Adults Posing in Front of the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Boonville, Missouri (1871)
Portrait of a large group of children and adults posing in front of the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Boonville, Missouri, 1871.
Source: Library of Congress.
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Portrait of a Group of European and Chinese Men Posing in Front of a Bank in Shanghai, China (1871)
Portrait of a group of European and Chinese men posing in front of a bank in Shanghai, China, 1871. By Scottish photographer John Thomson.
Source: Wellcome Images.
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Portrait of a Man Posing at the Entrance of a Mine Somewhere in the Pahranagat Valley of Nevada (1871)
Portrait of a man posing at the entrance of a mine somewhere in the Pahranagat Valley of Nevada, 1871. By Timothy O’Sullivan.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
View of People on Bamboo Boats at a beach in Kaohsiung in Taiwan (1871)
View of people on bamboo boats at a beach in Takao (Kaohsiung), Formosa (Taiwan), 1871. By Scottish photographer John Thomson.
Source: Wellcome Images.
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Sunday, January 7, 2018
Portrait of a Mongolian Woman Somewhere in China (1871)
Portrait of a Mongolian woman somewhere in China, 1871. By Scottish photographer John Thomson.
Source: Wellcome Images.
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Portrait of Almon Harris Thompson Taken During a Geographic Survey Expedition Somewhere in the United States Titled “Professor A.H. Thompson and His Horse ‘Old Ute’ and Their Shadows" (1871)
Portrait of Almon Harris Thompson taken during a geographic survey expedition somewhere in the United States titled “Professor A.H. Thompson and his horse ‘Old Ute’ and their shadows, 1871.” Attributed to John K. Hillers, Elias Olcott Beaman, and James Fennemore.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Stereoview of a Regatta Involving the New York and Eastern Yacht Clubs Off Swampscott, Massachusetts (1871)
Stereoview titled “Regatta of the New York and Eastern Yacht clubs, off Swampscott, August 14, 1871.” By John S. Moulton.
Source: New York Public Library.
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Friday, December 30, 2016
Animated Stereoscopic Portrait of Scottish Photographer John Thomson Posing With Two Other Men in the Cabin of a Boat on the Yangtze River in China (1871)
Animated stereoscopic portrait of Scottish photographer John Thomson (center) posing with two other men in the cabin of a boat on the Yangtze River in China, 1871. Attributed to John Thomson.
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Sunday, August 28, 2016
Stereoview Portrait of a Cat in a Vase (1871)
Stereoview portrait of a cat in a vase, c. 1871. By John P. Soule. Possibly taken in Soule’s studio on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Saturday, February 27, 2016
Portrait of a Group of Mohave Indians in Arizona Taken by Timothy O’Sullivan During the Wheeler Survey (1871)
Portrait of a group of Mohave Indians in Arizona taken by Timothy O’Sullivan during the Wheeler Survey, 1871.
Sunday, April 19, 2015
French Government Soldiers Taking a Rest From Fighting Near the Church of Saint Jean-Baptiste de Belleville During the Paris Commune in Paris (1871)
French government soldiers taking a rest from fighting near the church of Saint Jean-Baptiste de Belleville during the Paris Commune in Paris, France, 1871.
Caption source.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Two Staged Photographs of French Casualties From the Battle of Buzenval During the Siege of Paris (1871)
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A similar photograph from Tips Images. At least two of the men look like they are also in the photograph above. |
Two staged or reenactment photographs showing scenes of French casualties from the Battle of Buzenval during the Siege of Paris, France, c. 1871. Other sources say the photographs are of casualties actually during the Paris Commune or Franco-Prussian War, but this seems quite unlikely.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Photographs of Spectators Viewing a Derailed Train in Bangor, Maine (1871)
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The interior of one of the train cars. |
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