Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Monday, January 19, 2015

A Slave-Owning Family Posing in the Front Yard of Their House With at Least Three of Their Slaves Probably Visible Said to be Taken in Kentucky


A slave-owning family posing in the front yard of their house with at least three of their slaves probably visible said to be taken in Kentucky, c. 1850’s. From the book Slavery Times in Kentucky.

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Animated Stereoscopic Daguerreotype Portrait of Sir Charles Wheatstone With His Family and an Unidentified Invention (1851)


Animated stereoscopic daguerreotype portrait of English scientist and inventor Sir Charles Wheatstone posing with his family and an unidentified invention, c. 1851. By Antoine Claudet.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Time-lapse Calotype Photographs of Henry Cockburn, His Family, and David Octavius Hill at Bonaly Tower


Time-lapse calotype photographs of Henry Cockburn, his family, and David Octavius Hill at Bonaly Tower in Edinburgh, Scotland, c. 1845. By David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson.

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Monday, August 25, 2014

A Group of People Posing in Front of a House in Rolle, Switzerland (1852)



A group of people posing outside of a house in Rolle, Switzerland, October 1852. By Jean-Gabriel Eynard. Animated stereoscopic daguerreotypes.

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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Second View of a Union Soldier of the 31st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing With His Family Near Fort Slocum in Washington, D.C. (1861)


Second and more widely known view of a Union soldier from the 31st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing with his family in front of a tent as a few comrades are seen posing in the background which was taken in a camp near Fort Slocum in Washington, D.C., 1861. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Union Soldier of the 31st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment Posing With His Family Near Fort Slocum in Washington, D.C. (1861)


A Union soldier from the 31st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing with his family in front of a tent as a few comrades are seen posing in the background in a camp near Fort Slocum in Washington, D.C., 1861. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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