Two portraits of Union soldier Theodore M. Slayton taken 45 years apart in 1863 and 1908. He served with Company H of the 13th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.
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Mark Twain posing at the end of a pool table with pool cue in hand, c. 1908. Animated stereoview.
Animated stereoscopic portrait of Mark Twain, c. 1905.
Spectators tending to either pilot Orville Wright or passenger Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge moments after the crash of the Wright Military Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia, 1908. Selfridge, who wasn't wearing any protective gear, died from a fractured skull, becoming the first powered airplane crash fatality. Orville Wright suffered severe injuries but survived. Animated stereoview.