William

William

1890s cabinet card showing a man with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, sometimes referred to as Stone Man Syndrome.

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Uploaded on Jan 31, 2012

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The Out of Towners

The Out of Towners

These women were from Denver, Colorado, visiting friends in Baltimore City, Maryland. Quarter-plate tintype, 1890s.

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012  |  Map

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Trephine

Trephine

Huge 1870s trephine, used for drilling holes in the skull after death. Made in Italy, 1870s. The...

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Uploaded on Jan 17, 2012

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Packanitomicaliziation

Packanitomicaliziation

1890s cabinet card. On the back is printed: The oldest contortionist on earth, in his wonderful...

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Uploaded on Jan 16, 2012

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Insects

Insects

Detail of a circa 1870 stereoview.

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Uploaded on Jan 12, 2012

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embalmed

embalmed

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The Murderer Downing

The Murderer Downing

Dissecting the cadaver of a murderer, 1897. A possibility is that he was an African American man...

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Civil War Soldier Post Mortem

Civil War Soldier Post Mortem

I believe this is a post-mortem, making it the only example I have ever seen of a deceased person...

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Uploaded on Jan 1, 2012

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Contortionist

Contortionist

A contortionist. The soda bottles on the floor are there to allow audience members to come up and...

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Uploaded on Jan 1, 2012

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1/6 Daguerreotype

1/6 Daguerreotype

Though unattributed, I am virtually certain that the photographer was Alexander Hesler, of Hesler's Metropolitan Gallery in Chicago.

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1/6 Daguerreotype

1/6 Daguerreotype

Though unattributed, I am virtually certain that the photographer was Alexander Hesler, of Hesler's Metropolitan Gallery in Chicago.

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Uploaded on Dec 24, 2011

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c.1870 Tintype

c.1870 Tintype

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bis

bis

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Family with Slave Nanny

Family with Slave Nanny

Half-plate ambrotype of an antebellum family with their slave nanny.

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IMG_9071

IMG_9071

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IMG_9069

IMG_9069

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IMG_9070

IMG_9070

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IMG_9057

IMG_9057

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