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English: Pope Leo XII, seated with Msgr Satolli, speaks a message into a phonograph
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| Date | |
| Source | The Phonogram (https://archive.org/details/Phonogram3_3-4/page/n7/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Category Archives: Historical Scenes
Fort Pitt Blockhouse in 1887
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English: The Fort Pitt Blockhouse as a residence, seen in an engraving published in 1887
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| Source | Fisher & Stewart’s Guide and Handbook of Pittsburgh and Allegheny (https://archive.org/details/illustratedguide00pitt/page/16/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Akhn-Aton Was Human, by DeAlton Valentine
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English: Illustration demonstrating the pharaoh Akhn-Aton’s humanity from a 1923 advertisement for H. G. Wells’ Outline of History
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| Date | |
| Source | The Story World and Photodramatist (https://archive.org/details/storyworldphotod51phot/page/n109) |
| Author | DeAlton Valentine (died 1936) |
Rheims in World War I by Arthur D. Chapman
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English: View of the ruins of Reims by American photographer Arthur D. Chapman
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| Date | |
| Source | Pictorial Photography in America (https://archive.org/details/pictorialphotogr01pict/page/26) |
| Author | Arthur D. Chapman |
Fighting a Great Conflagration
| Description |
English: Firemen rush to the fire in a horse-drawn vehicle
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| Date | |
| Source | Official Guide and Catalogue of the International Fire Exhibition, Earl’s Court, 1903 (https://archive.org/details/internationalfir00earl/page/n37) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Auguste au tombeau d’Alexandre, by François Schommer
| Description |
English: Auguste au tombeau d’Alexandre (Augustus at the Tomb of Alexander), engraved from the painting by François Schommer, which won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1878.
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| Date | |
| Source | Les Beaux-arts illustrés (https://archive.org/details/gri_33125016440824/page/n8) |
| Author | François Schommer |
Buonapartens Zug durch das Var-Departement
| Description |
English: Colored engraving of “Bonaparte’s March through the Var Department”
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| Date | |
| Source | Les Lettres et les arts, 1889 |
| Author | Anonymous engraving |
The Last Sleep of Argyle, by Edward Matthew Ward
| Description |
English: The Last Sleep of Argyle, engraved from the painting by Edward Matthew Ward
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| Date | |
| Source | The Magazine of Art Gift Book, 1880 (https://archive.org/stream/magazineofartgif00unse#page/15/mode/1up) |
| Author | Edward Matthew Ward |
The Queen of Prussia and Napoleon Bonaparte, by Edward Matthew Ward
| Description |
English: The Queen of Prussia and Napoleon Bonaparte, engraved from the painting by Edward Matthew Ward
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| Date | |
| Source | The Magazine of Art Gift Book, 1880 (https://archive.org/stream/magazineofartgif00unse#page/15/mode/1up) |
| Author | Edward Matthew Ward |
Mary Stuart’s Happy Days as Wife of Francis II
From Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, 1885.