Chooeubhaokhaossian the Great's Temple of History

Looped sequence of four photographs taken in quick succession with a 4-lens stereoscopic camera of people on a steamer, a barge, and a pontoon landing at which the vessels are docked on the James River in Virginia during the American Civil War, c. 1864. The photos were taken by an unidentified photographer employed by Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.

Looped sequence of four photographs taken in quick succession with a 4-lens stereoscopic camera of people on the transport steamer named State of Maine during the American Civil War docked in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 7, 1864. Sailors the stern and bow of the ship appear to be in the process of raising or lowering flags. The photos were taken by an unidentified photographer employed by Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.

Animated time-lapse portrait of Union Army general Edwin Sumner during the American Civil War, c. 1861-1865. Attributed to Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.

Collection of animated stereoscopic photos of exhibits at the Exhibition for National Industry and Art in the Paleis voor Volksvlijt in Amsterdam in 1866.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Looped sequence of four photographs taken in quick succession with a 4-lens stereoscopic camera of group of unidentified men wearing civilian clothing posing in front of a tent in a Union Army encampment probably in Virginia during the American Civil War, c. 1864. Taken by an unidentified photographer employed by Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.

Animated stereoview of an African American man at the reins of a horse-drawn cart carrying cotton in Gainesville, Florida, c. 1800's.

Source: New York Public Library.

Animated stereoscopic portrait of Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Stephen Fowler Wilson taken by Mathew Brady, c. 1860's.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.

Animated stereoscopic portrait of Colonel Percy Wyndham who served with the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War, c. 1860's. Attributed to Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.

A collection of animated stereoscopic photographs of staged Victorian domestic scenes taken in photography studios during the 1860's. They are all believed to be American in origin and taken by photographer George Stacy. Original captions are in quotations.

Source: Library of Congress.

Animated stereoscopic portrait of an unidentified Union officer during the American Civil War, c. 1860's. Attributed to Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.

Hand-colored animated stereoview portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a costume by German photographer Moser Senior, c. 1870's.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Animated time-lapse portrait of a man identified as Mr. Irving possibly taken on the Isle of Man, c. 1800's.

Source: imuseum.

Animated stereoscopic photographic portrait of President Andrew Johnson, c. 1860's. By Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.

Looped sequence of four photographs taken in quick succession with a 4-lens stereoscopic camera of Union Army covered wagons on the move picking up and carrying off supplies, as well as ambulances, horses, an encampment, and docked transport vessels at Belle Plain along Potomac Creek in Virginia during the American Civil War, c. 1864. Taken by an unidentified photographer employed by Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Records Administration.

Animated stereoscopic photographs of Jesse Grant, c. 1860's. He was the father of Ulysses S. Grant and served as the mayor of the towns of Georgetown, Ohio, in the 1830's and Bethel, Ohio, in the 1850's. By Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Record Administration.

Animated time-lapse carte de visite portraits of an unidentified woman, French, 1867. Originally titled "Beresford." By André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.