Happy 4th

[Airbag]

Happy 4th everyone from eighteen thousand men.

[Dreamscape]

That's a neat pic, thanks for sharing!

Wonder what year it was taken?

Paul

[JohnEd]

Campain hats and leggings with riding pants!  My guess is 1998 or 9

Great photo.

Thanks Airbag

[Nusa]

1918.

Mole and Thomas did a number of such images with US troops from the War to End All Wars.

Here's more:
http://www.hammergallery.com/images/peoplepictures/people%20pictures.htm

[Dreamscape]

Thanks for the link, it was truly amazing to see!
My Grandfather could have been in one of those pictures.

Paul

[Sojourner]

Yes that is very interesting and thank you Airbag.

It took Mole & Thomas over a week to get everyone of 18000 soldiers in proper places and add more people to the torch than the bodies so it is proportional angular perspective for it looks like it stand up. In other words, photographer has to be at the correct height to get the correct angle or else it would be out of proportion. Amazing!

More on history about the...how did Mole achieve it...

Sojourn for Christ, Gerald