Dec 8, 2018
A collection of animated stereoscopic photographs of German gunboat SMS Meteor photographed a few months after it fought in the Battle of Havana during the Franco-Prussian War on November 9, 1870. These stereoviews were taken when the warship was in New York City on May 3, 1871. Attributed to photographers Otto Lewin, Hermann Schoene, Otto Loehr, and William Trupp.
Source: Library of Congress.
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