During the WW I years, Arthur S. Mole and John D. Thomas Made some incredible human pictures by using thousands of sailors or soldiers in uniform. I received these in email and thought I’d share. Just click for a larger view -and I do mean LARGE- they’re amazing!
Cabinet Magazine has some information on Arthur Mole and a picture of The Zion Shield and Woodrow Wilson’s head.
Almost a century ago and without the aid of any pixel-generating computer software, the itinerant photographer Arthur Mole (1889-1983) used his 11 x 14-inch view camera to stage a series of extraordinary mass photographic spectacles that choreographed living bodies into symbolic formations of religious and national community. In these mass ornaments, thousands of military troops and other groups were arranged artfully to form American patriotic symbols, emblems, and military insignia visible from a bird’s eye perspective. During World War I, these military formations came to serve as rallying points to support American involvement in the war and to ward off isolationist tendencies.
FunCram also shows Mole’s anchor, globe and eagle for any Marines reading this… 
Those are truly awesome. It must have taken them a tremendous amount of labour. I would thank you for sharing them, but I’m too much in awe.