Natural Disasters and Their Impacts

Stereographs capturing the aftermath of tornadoes and destruction, showcasing collapsed structures, downed trees, and the human response to natural calamities in the late 19th century.

Defenses of Washington, inside view. Fort Totten, near Rock Creek Church 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Views of the ruins caused by the tornado at Wallingford, August 9th, 1878, when 31 persons were killed, and 34 wounded , Tornadoes

View of downed trees and collapsed houses. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1878. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Tornadoes , Connecticut , Wallingford, Natural disasters

Defenses of Washington, inside view. Fort Totten, near Rock Creek Church 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

The Grand Duke, Admiral and Russian officers. No. 2. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1870 - 1895. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Nebraska, Indians of North America

Issuing rations. (Showing an Indian with a pipe in his hand in the foreground.) 1882. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. North Dakota, Dakota Indians , Men , 1880-1889, Fort Randall (S.D.), Indians of North America , Wars , 1866-1895

Horse powered saw to cut railroad ties near White River Junction, Utah, Nov. 10, 1874. Attributed to Forbes (American, active 1870s)

49th Regiment - Sept. 7th '75.. S. Hall Morris (American, active 1860s - 1870s)

The Union line before Petersburg. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Men posed in a field, team of horses behind. Unknown

The effect of a wind storm. Studies for the stereoscope. 1875 - 1882. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Hartford County (Conn.), Streets, New Britain (Conn.)

Fort Putnam, formerly Rebel Battery Gregg. Haas & Peale (American, active 1846 - 1867)

Eventide - when the smoke of Battle has cleared away - Driefontein, S. Africa..

Nursers and an injured one for a few tents in a courtyard, Mexico, Anonymous, 1861 - 1870 stereograph Mexico cardboard. paper albumen print courtyard. nursing, tending the sick Mexico

Scene in Ft. Totten, near Washington. Aiming and working the great guns. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Sudbury River Conduit BWW Div. 4. Sec. 15 ledgecut? Aug. 17, 1876 , Aqueducts, Bricklaying, Construction workers

The Ravines, West Point. U.S. Military Academy, West Point and Hudson River scenery. 1855 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.)

Ruins of a locomotive in the Petersburgh railroad depot, Richmond, Va. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry resting in camp at Columbus, Kentucky. Title devised by Library staff. Military camps, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Military life, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

The Foots of Lord Roberts (Frederick Sleigh Roberts) crosses the Vetrivier during the advance to Pretoria, Anonymous, 1901 stereograph Vetrivierpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print army 'en route'. river bank - HH - ideal landscapes Vet River

Looking East from Fort Negley, Nashville, Tenn. American scenery. 1890. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Tennessee, Nashville (Tenn.), Forts & fortifications, United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865 , Historic sites, African American boys, United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865 , Military facilities

Exchanged Rebel prisoners going to Coxe's Landing, under guard. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Fort Ticonderoga. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Ticonderoga (N.Y.)

Train loads of potatoes rushed to the homeless earthquake sufferers, San Francisco, Cal. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1906. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, San Francisco (Calif.), Earthquakes , California, San Francisco Earthquake, Calif., 1906

Outer line of Confederate fortifications, in front of Petersburg, Virginia, captured by 18th Army Corps, June 15, 1864. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

The Great Johnstown Flood, May 31, 1889. One of the many peculiar instances...terrible flood...tree crushed...Zimmerman's house.. Robert K. Bonine (American, 1861 - 1923)

Summit of Pike's Peak. On The Ragged Post.. William Henry Jackson & Co.

Lord Roberts' Advance on Pretoria - Infantry fording the Vet River, S.A...

View of bombproof tents occupied by U.S. colored troops in front of Petersburg, Virginia, August 7, 1864. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

Group of Infantry 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Soldiers' quarters in the Union Fort Rice adjoining Fort Sedgwick ("fort Hell".... The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

30-pounder Battery in Fort Putnam. Haas & Peale (American, active 1846 - 1867)

Group Dr. D.M. Parker & others. Camp Isabella Newport; American; about 1870; Albumen silver print

The Army of the Potomac. Artist and publisher: Drawn and published by John Badger Bachelder (American, Gilmanton New Hampshire 1825-1894). Dimensions: Image: 17 1/16 × 27 3/16 in. (43.3 × 69 cm)Sheet: 26 1/8 x 17 1/8 in. (66.4 x 43.5 cm). Lithographer: J. H. Bufford & Co. (Boston, Massachusetts). Published in: Boston. Date: 1863.This lithograph details the Union army's supply wagons and soldiers retreating down the Virginia Peninsula during the Seven Days Fight, a series of battles fought between June 25 and July 1, 1862. Once Major General George McClellan's attempt to take the Confederate capital of Richmond had failed, his army was forced back to the James River. Bachelder, a New England artist, here emphasizes the scale of the Union forces with long lines of horse-drawn wagons and infantry platoons waiting to ford Bear Creek. A steep fissured bank challenges the descending wagons, several of which have foundered. At left and right drummers wade across the stream and fusiliers pul

Gen. Sherman's soldiers tearing up the railroad, before leaving Atlanta, Ga.. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

Sea face of Fort Sumpter Sumter, showing broken guns, shot, shell, etc., Charleston, S.C. Scenes of the Great Rebellion. 346. 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. South Carolina, Charleston (S.C.), Forts & fortifications , South Carolina , Charleston

Federal Camp at Johnsonville, Tenn. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Fighting from breastworks, Taguig, Philippine Islands , Firearms, Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Obstacles Military science, Philippines, History, Philippine American War, 1899-1902

Cape Garrison Artillery cannonading the dauntless Boers across Modder River, S. Africa..

Mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, and tents in the background. No. B621, Title devised by library staff, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

True grit --barber painting sign on tent stretched on sidewalk of former place , Debris, Tents, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906

Lucky Dogs in the Bad Lands.. Unknown maker, American

U.S. Military telegraph construction corps / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner.. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. 2, no. 62, Copyright by A. Gardner, Title from item. United States, Army of the Potomac, 1860-1870, Telegraph lines, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Communication, Union, Virginia, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Engineering & construction, Union, Virginia.

The Johnstown calamity. Wreck of the Catholic Church. Barker's stereoscopic gems of American scenery. 1889. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Johnstown (Pa.), Floods , Pennsylvania , Johnstown

A camp made up of small cabins that surround a large building. No. 4513, Title devised by library staff, Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Views at Chattanooga, Tennessee. 18th Ohio Infantry. 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Photograph is half stereograph, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Wounded soldiers at hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. No. B462, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Reproduced in Miller, Hist. of Civil War, vol. 7, page 252-3", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg.

Painting the panorama of Rac Adawa: Jan Styka standing on the scaffolding at a part of the presenting scenes conquering Russian cannon batteries by Czo groups the first column of scythemen; Unknown, Hamel and Feigl (Lviv; Sk Ad photographic materials; 1892-Ca 1905); 1893/1894 (1893-00-00-1894-00-00);Hamel and Feigl (Lviv - composition of photographic materials - 1892 -Ca 1905), Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942), Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942) - reproduction, Lviv (Ukraine), Universal National Exhibition (Lviv - 1894), Styka, Jan (1858-1925), Styka, Jan (1858-1925)-iconography, Styka, Jan (1858-1925)-reproduction, Styka, Jan (1858-1925) and others. Panorama of Racławicka, painting accessories, painting, Polish painting, painters, painting panoramas, portraits, portraits of artists, artists' studios, painting workshops, scaffolding, purchase (provenance)

Cable that was stretched across the Hudson, West Point. American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Military training , United States, United States Military Academy, West Point (N.Y.)

Battery of thirty-two pounders, Fredericksburgh, May 3, 1863. No. 162, Title from item. Artillery (Weaponry), Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1860-1870, Batteries (Weaponry), Virginia, Fredericksburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Battlefields, Union, Virginia, Fredericksburg, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Virginia, Fredericksburg.

Section of Lt. Birchmeyer's Battery, 12-pounder Wiards. Haas & Peale (American, active 1846 - 1867)

True grit --barber painting sign on tent stretched on sidewalk of former place , Debris, Tents, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906

Mortar battery in Ft. McAllister, Savannah, Ga. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Hide and fat depot, for the government, Ceder Level, Va. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

United States Sanitary Commission. Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)

Pulpit Rock, Lookout Mountain, Tenn., the place where Jeff. Davis addressed the Rebel armies. Southern scenes in the stereoscope. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: Aceh, KliL military posts and operations. Military Post Segli. Aceh, Atjeh, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

A visit to the Los Cerrillos mining district, "a prospecting" party. Along the line of the A.T. & S.Fe R.R., in New Mexico, 100. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico

A field hospital scene at Savage Station, Virginia. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Men and children along battery filled with rubble. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. South Carolina

The valley of death, from Little Round Top, Gettysburg. Excelsior Stereo Views. Battle of Gettysburg. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Gettysburg (Pa.), Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.)

Savage Station, Va., June 27, 1862. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Taken at Fort Wingate, Dec. 11, 1871 a group of native Americans and Burros in front of a building. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico, Indians of North America , New Mexico, Forts & fortifications

Battery Meade, Two 100-pounder Parrot Rifles, breaching battery against Sumter. Haas & Peale (American, active 1846 - 1867)

Artillery camp at City Point, January 1865. Title from item. Caissons (Vehicles), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union.

Headquarters 3rd Army Corps (Capt. Bates' quarters), April, 1864. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Advancing across an open field - Japan's sturdy soldiers at Port Arthur , Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

Two British investigate a hiding place of farmers in Klipdrift, South Africa, Anonymous, Underwood and Underwood, 1900 stereograph Klipdriftpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print scouting, reconnaissance (military). hut, cabin, lodge Klipdrift

"Westward The Course of Empire Takes Its Way": Laying Track 600 Miles West of St. Louis, Missouri. Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)

Group of boys in uniform in front of a building Providence Reform School 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Rhode Island, Providence (R.I.), Students, African American boys

Rebel Prisoners. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

Union soldiers stand in front of their camp. Title devised by Library staff, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Battlefield of Shiloh. Unknown

National Military Cemetery, Graves, Nashville, Tenn. Descriptive views of the American Continent. 1885. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Tennessee, Nashville (Tenn.), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Cemeteries

Painting the Racławice Panorama: Teodor Axentowicz standing on scaffolding with the part of the canvas showing the scene where the Russian prisoners are taken away. Hamel i Feigl (Lwów ; skład materiałów fotograficznych ; 1892-ca 1905), merchant employer, unknown, photographer

Camp 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Gro'p of distin. guests of U.P.R.R. at 100th mer. (2) still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1866. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Nebraska, Railroad locomotives, Meridians (Geodesy)

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry lined up at Columbus, Kentucky. Title devised by Library staff. Soldiers, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, Military life, Union, Kentucky, Columbus, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Exterior of the Marine Redout. The first Fort captured on the 10 of June. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

View of the Hlangwane hill where the Battle of Colenso took place in 1899; How The Boers Fight at Colenso - Hlangwane Hill - 70 yards from trenches in Which man is seen, s.a ...

Union field artillery unit in position | Library of Congress

Two photos of a quarry in Valkenburg and a parade with Queen Wilhelmina in Amsterdam, Hendrik Herman van den Berg, 1923 photograph These photos are part of an album. Netherlands Baryta Paper. paper gelatin silver print quarry. public festivities on the occasion of royal events Valkenburg (Limburg). Amsterdam

Photo production of (presumably) a drawing proposing the disembarkation of Western troops during the bombing of Shimonoseki (1863-1864), in Works Council 1863 - c. 1880 photograph Part of Robert Daniel Crommelin (1841-1907) photo album. paper. photographic support albumen print battle (+ naval force) Shimonoseki, Straat van. Shimonoseki

Cemetery on Cathcart's Hill - officers on the look-out, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Men of the Worcestershire regiment at probably a cart with water in South Africa; When The Worcesters Coudn't Get Beer, they were smooth to get water, garlands fountain, s.a ...

GROTT on the Apolinarisbergg tea expel tens, and 4 smashing, c. 1860 - c. 1870 stereograph Remagen cardboard. photographic support albumen print sculpture. cave, grotto

Naval Academy. i.e. U.S. Naval Yard. Picturesque views of all counties. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (D.C.), Anacostia River (Md. and Washington, D.C.)

The Johnstown calamity. Carrying body out of the wreck. Barker's stereoscopic gems of American scenery. 1889. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Johnstown (Pa.), Floods , Pennsylvania , Johnstown

General view of the wrecked battleship Maine , Warships, War damage, Spanish-American War, 1898

Farmers prisoners rest on the road between Paardeberg and the Mud River, South Africa, Anonymous, 1900 stereograph Modderrivierpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print prisoner of war (after the battle) Modder River

Military position in France with cannons and militarily standing on afuit, Anonymous, 1884 photograph Part of album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France. France photographic support albumen print firearms: cannon (+ land forces). land forces France

A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Winter Camp of Detachment 50th N.Y. Vol. Engineers. Headquarters Medical Department. Nov., 1864. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

Quarters of secret service men. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, Dwellings, United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865 , Secret service

Insurrection de Paris.. J. Quéval (French, active Paris, France 1870s)

Description: Mrs Macquarie Fort, Sydney, N.S.W. Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Date: 1870 australia, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Rebel Works in front of Atlanta, G.A. No.4. 1864. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Description: Perak Armed Police - In Line. In "Review order". Location: Perak, Malaya Date: 1880-1890 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South-east view, taken from the stockade Thirty three thousand prisoners in bastile / / Photographed by A.J. Riddle.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Andersonville Prison, 1860-1870, Prisons, Georgia, Andersonville, 1860-1870, Prisoners of war, Union, Georgia, Andersonville, 1860-1870, Huts, Union, Georgia, Andersonville, 1860-1870, Privies, Union, Georgia, Andersonville, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Detention facilities, Confederate, Georgia, Andersonville, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Prisoners, Union, Georgia, Andersonville.

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Group of Union soldiers near Annapolis. War views. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Elsevier photo collection. 31. beating bark chinabomen. Java. 1928. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

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