Before & After: U.S. Engineer Battalion

[Mike Serpa]

Group of Company B, U.S. Engineer Battalion; wagons in background Petersburg, VA. August, 1864
LOC #04104v

 

[CheathamHill]

The tree'd jackalope is a wonderful touch

 

[Mike Serpa]

The tree'd jackalope is a wonderful touch

Possibly the earliest photo of a jackalope. For sure the earliest photo of a tree'd jackalope!

 

[CheathamHill]

Possibly the earliest photo of a jackalope. For sure the earliest photo of a tree'd jackalope!

It's certainly a remarkable find

 

[1SGDan]

Possibly the earliest photo of a jackalope. For sure the earliest photo of a tree'd jackalope!

I suspect something the jackalope was extinct in this area of the US by the 1860's.

 

[Mike Serpa]

I suspect something the jackalope was extinct in this area of the US by the 1860's.

That's what makes this photo so historically important. Fast shutter speed caught the little feller in midair escaping the evil clutches of hungry engineers.

Edit - oops! He can't be midair if he is tree'd. Gotta get my story straight.

 

[CheathamHill]

I suspect something the jackalope was extinct in this area of the US by the 1860's.

Unless my eyes deceive me, this is obviously not the case.