By Jack | Posted on: August 1, 2009 | 330 Comments

Astounding photographs taken by photographers Arthur S. Mole and John D. Thomas. These photos display tens of thousands of American soldiers posing as symbols of American history.

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  • jon

    looks sooooo photoshopped

  • jon

    looks sooooo photoshopped

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  • butch

    your an idiot

  • butch

    your an idiot

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  • jandl

    05/31/10 – Per CBS's Sunday Morning program there is a book of a collection of such photographs called, Painting with People the Photography of Arthur S. Mole, By Eric T. Mole… and thats all I could find so far.
    Anyone know where one might find it?
    Thanks
    And as for the rest of you – it's art.
    Apparently you didn't like it, – move on.
    I doubt there was any underhanded political agenda in mind when the photos were taken other than patriotism.
    Yes the artist retouched the negative in his shop to remove superfluous shadows & equipment and to help clarify the shape call it early photo shop, thus the name.
    Yes he used U.S. service men and women and as such they could have been asked to stand any where, at any time, and typically it's between us and a threat. I thank them for that.
    Waste of money? It wasn't yours unless you were born before 1918 and actually contributed something to society by then.

  • http://unusualoccasioncards.com Cindy Bell Morgan

    Jandi- I agree with you totally. I've been searching and unable to find it. Did you have any luck?

  • jandl

    Not confirmed but this is what I found after nearly giving up and then turning the search over to my daughter.
    She said she found that the book was actually printed and published by a museum with the the authority of it's curator. The curator died within the last year or so and as happens priorities and the publishing seems to have been stopped. I don't think there is any ISBN number but one was given as a gift to the Library of Congress.
    I got involved with other things and put this pursuit on hold however your response has reminded me and I will probably re-acquire the info from my daughter and try to contact the museum to see if any are available or perhaps suggest they could print again in the hopes of collecting some much needed funds in this current economics hard times.
    I will leave additional info here as it develops.
    Thank You

  • jandl

    Not confirmed but this is what I found after nearly giving up and then turning the search over to my daughter.
    She said she found that the book was actually printed and published by a museum with the the authority of it's curator. The curator died within the last year or so and as happens priorities and the publishing seems to have been stopped. I don't think there is any ISBN number but one was given as a gift to the Library of Congress.
    I got involved with other things and put this pursuit on hold however your response has reminded me and I will probably re-acquire the info from my daughter and try to contact the museum to see if any are available or perhaps suggest they could print again in the hopes of collecting some much needed funds in this current economics hard times.
    I will leave additional info here as it develops.
    Thank You

  • http://www.medical-marijuana-colorado.com Mmccolorado

    its showing that in today's scenario how people is creative.its awesome good going man

  • Catbutt

    “You're” … as in “You are an idiot.”. “You're an idiot.” … not “your an idiot”.

  • http://www.timlempicki.com Tim

    I guess it shows how much cool stuff you can do when you cooperate.

  • Der

    google the photographers…

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/2FFBAVOMPE2TZDVDMY4JMYVYEA Ehat

    is this what we do overseas?

  • RiggyMoo2

    Dude that is like way cool.

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  • Guest

    I'll digg this when people start digging Nazi soldier formations. Too much hypocrisy right now.

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  • God

    WTF are you talking about? Are you retarded?

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  • kevin

    (posted to pikk) Cool or Lame? Incredible Pictures Formed by Thousands of US Soldiers [POLL] – http://www.pikk.com/fb2d7

  • ??

    Why?

  • Chuck

    Awesome, Very nice, This is a tribute to our men and women in uniform. God Bless them.

  • I Read Captions

    no – pics taken over 60 years ago.

  • Guest

    Ged bless them? They're already damned if they're naive enough to think their cause is noble.

  • ??

    Many of those pics were taken in the time periods of WWII. Do you consider that American's roles in that event part of a non-noble cause?

  • …

    Do you think they did this all the time?

  • http://savagemike.tumblr.com savagemike

    I don't understand what you're trying to say. Regardless of how long ago the photos were taken, those soldiers were still paid for with tax dollars.
    Unless you really think there was no such thing as taxes over 60 years ago, in which case I hate to be the one to burst your bubble.

  • A Team of Dude

    At least 18 times.

  • …

    WW1, not WW2.

  • …

    You're an idiot.

  • Seriously?

    @?? Uhh, dude 1917 was the WWI era (WWII was fought from '39-'45). And Guest, you're entitled to your opinions, but just know that these men are putting their lives on the line so you can sit at your computer and talk sh*t about them. I'm one of them.
    SrA “Pooter”, Joint Terminal Attack Controller: '08-Present

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  • Lienmtitus

    I think that is awesome, incredible and just WOW (!) photos! The team work, patience on everyone involved and dedication to these photo projects is incredibly wonderful and moving!

  • Gary11

    When your army has coordination like, this, we know why america is great.

  • http://www.charlesyarbrough.com Charles

    Great post for the 4th of July!

  • Guest

    I'm in the Iowa National Guard and work at Camp Dodge (site of the human Statue of Liberty) – it is featured in our Museum on post and some fun facts: The flame has 3x as many soldiers as the body of the statue, and its something like 2-3x longer than the real statue is high in order to get the correct perspective

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    This post was simply wonderful. It made my day better. Thanks.

  • Foozlesprite

    I'm glad our comma usage doesn't determine our greatness. /editor mode off.

  • lolicitation

    Awesome!

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  • Keetz88

    they obviously have nothing better to do

  • Hmmm

    The military? Yes.

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  • Guest

    .. other than preserving your civil liberties and the right to be an obnoxious dork. What did you do today Keister88?

  • Guest

    .. other than preserving your civil liberties and the right to be an obnoxious dork. What did you do today Keister88?

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