Hostile Indian Camp 1891
"Hostile Indian camp" Bird's-eye view of a large Lakota camp of tipis, horses, and wagons--probably on or near Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. 1891. Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540
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American Indians,
Indian camp 1891
Deadwood Engineer's 1888
Deadwood Central R.R. Engineer Corps Outdoor group portrait of ten railroad engineers and a dog, posing with surveyors' transits on tripods and measuring rods, on the side of a mountain. Most of the men are sitting; all are wearing suits and hats. [1888]
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America 1888,
Deadwood engineers,
Deadwood wild west
American soldiers Buna, New Guinea
Native stretcher bearers rest in the shade of a coconut grove as they and the wounded American soldiers they are carrying from the front lines at Buna, New Guinea take the opportunity to relax. The wounded are on their way to makeshift hospitals in the rear.
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African American Soldiers,
New Guinea,
ww2
Gallipoli, Turkey in 1915.
New Zealand soldiers standing beneath a red cross flag, Gallipoli, Turkey in 1915. Their names are listed as: Hickey, Jackson, Barbour, Brown, Wilson, Eagle, and Austin
Empire State Express: 1905
Syracuse, New York, circa 1905. "Empire State Express (New York Central Railroad) passing thru Washington Street.
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Empire state Express,
Syracuse New York
The Lost Temple of Petra
Sorry for delay in posting. Baby arrived and didn't have time to get online much.
The Lost Temple of Petra, Jordan. Rather famous and has been seen in more than one movie.
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The Lost Temple of Petra
New York, 1917: Landship Recruit on Union Square
The U.S.S. Recruit, a wooden battleship erected by the Navy, served as a World War I recruiting station at Union Square from 1917 to 1920, when it "set sail" for Coney Island.
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New York 1917,
Union Square 1917,
WW1 recruitement
Abraham Lincoln Civil War
Abe Lincoln in a typical pose with some troops. Was he ever seen without that infamous hat? Don't think this is a Matthew Brady photo, but you never know.
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Abraham Lincoln,
Adraham Lincoln Civil War
Yarmouth Jetty 1906
Typical scene from the seaside at the turn of the century in England. The sailing boats in the sea, even on a sunny day the people are all dressed up and covered.
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Seaside 1906,
Yarmouth Jetty 1906
The Great floods Johnstown Pennsylvania 1889
Johnstown Pennsylvania 1889 - The floods killed 1000's. This particular photo is of the John Schultz house at Johnstown, PA after the flood. Neatly skewered by a huge tree uprooted by the flood, the house floated down from Union Street to the end of Main. Six people, including Schultz himself, were inside the house when the flood hit. All of them survived.
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Johnstown 1889 Floods,
Nautral disasters
Australia Soilders on the Pyramids. WW1
North Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Mena - photo taken 10th January 1915. Group portrait of all the original officers and men of the 11th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces WW1.. The group of over 685 soldiers are spread over the side of the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) near Mena camp. Officers identified in the front row are, left to right: 2nd Lieutenant (Lt) F P Strickland; 2nd Lt J Newman; Major (Maj) S R Roberts; Lt J H Morgan; Captain (Capt) J S Denton; Capt A E J Croly; Capt Charles A Barnes; Lt K McLennan; Padre Fahey; Lt (later Capt) A P H Corley (later killed in action 17 September 1915); Lt (later Capt) C A La Nauze (later killed in action 28 June 1915); Capt J H Peck; Capt W R Annear; Capt R R Reilly; 2nd Lt M L Reid; Lt D H McDonald; Lieutenant Colonel J L Johnston; Capt R W Everett; Maj E A D Brockman (later MC); Capt E T Brennan; Capt R L Leane; 2nd Lt A H Darnell; 2nd Lt A H Priestley; Lt W H Rockliff; 2nd Lt J H Cooke (later killed in action 10 April 1916); 2nd Lt H James (later MC); 2nd Lt C F Buttle; 2nd Lt H H Walker (sitting); Lt J Williams (top). Missing are: 2nd Lt S H Jackson, Lt A R Selby and 2nd Lt A H MacFarlane. Capt Barnes records in his diary: 'After Church this morning the whole Battalion was marched up to the Pyramid (Old Cheops) and we had a photo took or at least several of them.' This well known and very popular photograph was originally lent to the Australian War Memorial in the 1930s by Colonel K McLennan MBE.
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