Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to events |
| Events as portrayed by different processes |
| 2 | Daguerreotypes: Events |
| 3 | Salt prints: Events |
| 4 | Albumen prints: Events |
| 5 | Cartes de visite: Events |
| 6 | Cabinet cards: Events |
| 7 | Stereoviews: Events |
| 8 | Gelatin silver prints: Events |
| Political events |
| 9 | Introduction to political events |
| Periodic events |
| 10 | Introduction to naval reviews |
| Examples of events |
| 11 | City of Hamburg fire (1842) |
| 12 | Californian Gold Rush (1848-1855) |
| 13 | George N. Barnard: Oswego Mills (1853) |
| 14 | Platt D. Babbitt: Joseph Avery at Niagara Falls (1853) |
| 15 | Philip Henry Delamotte: Visit of the Emperor and Empress of France with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to the Crystal Palace (20 April 1855) |
| 16 | Alexander Gardner: The Battle of Antietam (September-October 1862) |
| 17 | First Japanese Embassy to Europe (1862) |
| 18 | Ghémar Frères: The Engagement of the future Queen Alexandra and Edward VII, Brussels, Belgium (September 1862) |
| 19 | Second Japanese Embassy to Europe - Ikeda Nagaoki's Japanese Mission to Europe (1864) |
| 20 | Timothy O'Sullivan: A council of war at Massaponax Church, VA (21 May 1864) |
| 21 | Alexander Gardner: Execution of the conspirators who assassinated Abraham Lincoln (7 July 1865) |
| 22 | A.J. Russell: Golden Spike Ceremony, Promontory Point, Utah (10 May 1869) |
| 23 | China: Typhoon (September 1874) |
| 24 | Sumner & Son (Northfield): The Aftermath of the Northfield Raid (1876) |
| 25 | Greece: The Dilessi Murders (1870) |
| 26 | Death of the Prince Imperial (Prince Louis-Napoléon) - Killed 1st June, 1879, on the Hyotoyozi river. South Africa |
| 27 | The collision of the steamship Arizona with an iceberg (7 November 1879) |
| 28 | A.A. Hughes & Bro. (Blanchard, Iowa): [Jesse James dead; in coffin; body half covered with sheet; 4 men standing by] (1882) |
| 29 | Ivan Boldyrev: Night illumination at Peterhof (1893) |
| 30 | Victims of the Khodinsky Plain panic, Coronation Week, Moscow, Russia (1896) |
| 31 | Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (25 March 1911) |
| 32 | The execution of Ruth Synder (1929) |
| 33 | Hindenburg disaster (6 May 1937) |
| 34 | A question of emotional interpretation: People of Cheb salute the German troops entering the town in the Anschluss of the Sudetenland (October 1938) |
| 35 | SSgt Louis R. Lowery: First Flag Raising on Iwo Jima (23 February 1945) |
| 36 | Joe Rosenthal: Flag raising at Iwo Jima (23 February 1945) |
| 37 | Yevgeny Khaldei: Soldiers raising the flag of Soviet Union on the roof of Reichstag building in Berlin (2 May 1945) |
| 38 | Hugh van Es: Fleeing Americans during the fall of Saigon (29 April 1975) |
| 39 | Mikhail Kudish: Nick Ut and Kim Phuc (2012) |
| 40 | World Trade Center (September 11, 2001) |
