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User:Durova/2009 MILHIST project work

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A summary of contributions to the Military History project: in 2009 I contributed 35 featured pictures and one good article, with three more featured picture candidates scheduled to close before Dec. 31. Am currently in second place at the Henry Allingham World War I International Contest and was the winner of the 2009 WikiCup.

Cumulative total MILHIST featured credits since joining the in 2006: 66 pictures (38% of MILHIST total FPs), 5 sounds (56% of MILHIST total FS's), and 1 article (Joan of Arc); for a total of 72 featured contributions and 10.7% of the total 676 featured MILHIST project featured credits.

This year my restoration on the Wounded Knee Massacre aftermath discovered four human remains that had previously gone unrecognized. The Library of Congress had misidentified them as "scattered debris of camp"; their research librarians changed the LoC records when the find came to light. The discovery became a minor news story off-wiki and was subsequently incorporated into the official program for an exhibit at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.

Currently my off-project digital restoration work is on exhibit at the Tropenmuseum of Amsterdam in a show which received national press coverage in The Netherlands and a visit from the president of Suriname. Am pursuing proposals to set up a MILHIST-related show at another institution next year. For more information about the Amsterdam exhibit see Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-08-10/Tropenmuseum_partnership and Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-11-23/News and notes.

  • Restoration on the Wounded Knee Massacre yields a discovery
  • Unrestored version: mislabeled scattered debris of camp in Library of Congress bibliographic notes.
    Unrestored version: mislabeled scattered debris of camp in Library of Congress bibliographic notes.
  • Restored version: four human remains in foreground partially wrapped in blankets.
    Restored version: four human remains in foreground partially wrapped in blankets.
  • Detail from restored version: a face in profile, hand at right.
    Detail from restored version: a face in profile, hand at right.

Library of Congress staff have updated the description. An excerpt of their reply follows:

Upon viewing the high-res TIFF file we made of the file, the human remains are quite visible, indeed. Thank you very much for contacting us regarding this image, and for your interest in our collections. You can imagine that among a collection of 14 million items here, there are a lot of secrets waiting to be uncovered!

Subsequent to this restoration, the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts ran an exhibit of historic photography and incorporated the updated Library of Congress bibliographic data into the museum's official program notes. See Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-02-16/News and notes, Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-09-07/News_and_notes and the museum's website. The discovery was also reported by P2Pnet News.

All of the following images are digitally restored.

2009 MILHIST featured pictures
  • Gothic armor, from a fifteenth century manuscript.
    Gothic armor, from a fifteenth century manuscript.
  • Cannon placements, from a sixteenth century book of engineering designs.
    Cannon placements, from a sixteenth century book of engineering designs.
  • Japanese archer, 1878
    Japanese archer, 1878
  • Ottoman camel corps at Beersheba, 1915
    Ottoman camel corps at Beersheba, 1915
  • Aftermath of the Wounded Knee massacre, 1890
    Aftermath of the Wounded Knee massacre, 1890
  • Machine gun corps at Tell el Sheria Gaza line, 1917
    Machine gun corps at Tell el Sheria Gaza line, 1917
  • Manuscript Confederate map of the battle of First Manassas (First Bull Run), 1861
    Manuscript Confederate map of the battle of First Manassas (First Bull Run), 1861
  • Military College at Chapultepec, published by Nathaniel Currier, 1847
    Military College at Chapultepec, published by Nathaniel Currier, 1847
  • Manuscript British attack plans for the Battle of Ticonderoga, 1759.
    Manuscript British attack plans for the Battle of Ticonderoga, 1759.
  • Design illustration for a Lexington class battlecruiser (before extensive modifications)
    Design illustration for a Lexington class battlecruiser (before extensive modifications)
  • Canadian war bond poster, World War I (in English)
    Canadian war bond poster, World War I (in English)
  • Canadian war bond poster, World War I (in French)
    Canadian war bond poster, World War I (in French)
  • USS Texas, circa 1890-1905
    USS Texas, circa 1890-1905
  • Idi Amin caricature
    Idi Amin caricature
  • George Atzerodt, conspirator to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
    George Atzerodt, conspirator to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
  • Joan of Arc, in a WWI war bond poster
    Joan of Arc, in a WWI war bond poster
  • Richmond, Virginia at the end of the American Civil War
    Richmond, Virginia at the end of the American Civil War
  • USS West Virginia, Dec. 7, 1941
    USS West Virginia, Dec. 7, 1941
  • United States Capitol, 1814 after burning by British troops. Scanned and restored from the original watercolor.
    United States Capitol, 1814 after burning by British troops. Scanned and restored from the original watercolor.
  • Charge of the Light Brigade, lithograph published 1855
    Charge of the Light Brigade, lithograph published 1855
  • Spanish royal grant of arms, from a sixteenth century manuscript
    Spanish royal grant of arms, from a sixteenth century manuscript
  • Ruins of Atlanta, Georgia, 1866
    Ruins of Atlanta, Georgia, 1866
  • Siege of Stevastopol, lithograph published 1855
    Siege of Stevastopol, lithograph published 1855
  • Poilu on leave, World War I
    Poilu on leave, World War I
  • Synagogue in New York City on D-Day, 1944
    Synagogue in New York City on D-Day, 1944
  • Bombardment of Kennesaw mountain, scanned from a journalist's original illustration, 1864
    Bombardment of Kennesaw mountain, scanned from a journalist's original illustration, 1864
  • Peruvian Andes, from the United States Exploring Expedition, circa 1840
    Peruvian Andes, from the United States Exploring Expedition, circa 1840
  • Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, from a World War I recruitment poster
    Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, from a World War I recruitment poster
  • United States political cartoon following the Mexican-American war, 1848
    United States political cartoon following the Mexican-American war, 1848
  • Battle of Churubusco, published by Nathaniel Currier 1847
    Battle of Churubusco, published by Nathaniel Currier 1847
  • World War II anti-Japanese propaganda
    World War II anti-Japanese propaganda
  • Ottoman heliograph crew at Huj, 1917
    Ottoman heliograph crew at Huj, 1917
  • World War I poster in Yiddish
    World War I poster in Yiddish
  • Execution of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirators, 1865
    Execution of the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirators, 1865
  • World War I poster for Welsh troops relief
    World War I poster for Welsh troops relief


Pending nominations (due to close before Dec. 31)
  • SMS Moltke at Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1912
    SMS Moltke at Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1912
  • Antiwar political cartoon, 1914
    Antiwar political cartoon, 1914

Also contributed the good article Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning about a hit song written by Irving Berlin while he served as a sergeant in the US Army during World War I, used for fundraising in WWI and WWII. The article contains a featured sound restored from a period recording.

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