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This is a set of two experimental images in which the project Virtual Gettysburg attempts to allow viewers to experience an original stereoscopic image from the Civil War on a computer screen using 3D glasses. The image itself is of Rock Creek, a…

While this photograph was taken at some point between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915, after the rising prevalence of the car, it bears testament to the role that avenues alongside the hotels and beach played. In likening this image to the worlds fairs of…

Describe the birds

Because she just said it - Calen McGee

the Great Coney Island Spectacularium opened at the end of the 19th century in a seaside resort in Coney Island, aiming to create more interactive live attractions and attract more tourists.

The Corliss steam engine inside Machinery Hall, which President Grant symbolically started in a display of American development. (see corresponding post)

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