Showing posts with label 1871. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1871. Show all posts

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.

Thursday, January 25, 2018

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.

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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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Two Staged Photographs of French Casualties From the Battle of Buzenval During the Siege of Paris (1871)


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)





The interior of one of the train cars.


Photographs of spectators viewing the wreckage of a derailed train in Bangor, Maine, 1871. By A. K. Dole. Animated stereoview.

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