winchester

Individual appears to be armed with a Winchester model 1895 rifle

Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado *Que bonito es Chihuahua ! ( Da 2 premios por imagen que subas ) y nos encantaría agregar esto al grupo.

Esta imagen a ganado un
* Premio Tarahumara !!!

Muchas felicidades y gracias
por mostrar con tus imagenes
( Que bonito es Chihuahua !)

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Asi es mi Juarez !!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Found this picture printed on El Paso Herald, issue may 20, 1911 (10 days after Juarez was taken by the maderista rebels [date scratched on the photo 5/16/11 may 6th, 1911]). The Library of Congress, Cronicling America. Above : "Scenes of the late Juarez Battle; Rebels in Action; Dressing a Wound". Inside: "Insurgent sharpshooter at Juarez", "First aid to wounded" (for the superimposed picture). "Photos Copyright by American Press Association". Below: "Dr, A. von Mathessius of Ciudad Juarez is shown dressing a wound of a federal" Dr. Roberto Duarte

The history of Mount Auburn Cemetery: "Mount Auburn Cemetery has been designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior, recognizing it as one of the country's most significant cultural landscapes. Founded in 1831, it was the first large-scale designed landscape open to the public in the United States. Today its beauty, historical associations and horticultural collections are internationally renowned." More: www.mountauburn.org/national_landmark/history.cfm

i wonder what southworth and hawes were doing traipsing around a cometary. i think they must have been really cool people. uninhibited.

at the time, cemeteries were better taken care of than now. It's because families were generally alot closer (including extended families living in the same houses or even next to each other). Since parks were few, people would have picnics, clean the family plots, and so on. Photographing cemeteries may be "rare" now and then, but some of us do still enjoy the same past time. :)

Winchester house is better.

The concept of "landscape architecture" was in its infancy at this time. As noted above, the idea was to turn the cemetery into a public space that could be aesthetically enjoyed by all. This and other cemeteries like it across the U.S. would become the site of family outings, picnics, etc., even for people who had no loved ones buried there. The presence of a camera crew would be unusual only to the extent that cameras were somewhat rare in the 1850's.

excellent shot

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