Holography: History Hologram

British Revolutionary War Soldier. This soldier's remains were found during excavation in a U.S. Post Office in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. At first the Phila. police thought it was crime-related, but two researchers found buttons from his jacket. His remains had to be given a proper military burial (with both British and U.S. delegates attending), so to archive this historical discovery, holograms were made -- one of which you see here in this video (museum reconstructed skull section). The holograms were on display (and are currently held) at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, located in Center City Philadelphia. One copy (shown in this video) is held by me (the holographer). This is a good example of how holography can be used for museum displays and archiving of valuable objects and historical finds -- to take the place of the actual objects when they are either no longer available, or too valuable to risk displaying or traveling.

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Science & Technology

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• holography
• hologram
• laser
• history
• revolutionary
• war
• 1776
• museum
• archival