Daguerreotype View of the Launch of the First-Rate 131-Gun HMS Marlborough in Portsmouth, England (1855)

Daguerreotype view of the launch of the first-rate 131-gun HMS Marlborough in Portsmouth, England, July 31, 1855. By British photographer Thomas Richard Williams.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Animated Stereoview of Two Men Posing With the Taughannock Giant Near Taughannock Falls, New York (1879)

Animated stereoview of two men posing with the Taughannock Giant near Taughannock Falls, New York, 1879. By W. L. Hall. The body turned out to be a hoax created by locals.

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Source: New York Public Library.

Portrait of Colour Sergeant J. Mullins Posing With a Cased Photograph and Sword While Serving With the Royal Marine Artillery (1858)

Portrait of Colour Sergeant J. Mullins posing with a cased photograph and sword while serving with the Royal Marine Artillery, 1858. From an issue of Black and White Budget published in 1900.

Carte De Visite Portrait of a Man Posing in the Excavated Ruins of an Ancient Roman Building in Pompeii, Italy (1860's)

Carte de visite portrait of a man posing in the excavated ruins of an Ancient Roman building in Pompeii, Italy, c. 1860's.

Source: Library of Congress.

“Lady Exhibitors at the Crystal Palace Cat Show” (1901)

“Lady exhibitors at the Crystal Palace Cat Show.” Photograph taken by Russell and Sons at the Crystal Palace in London, England, c. 1901. From an issue of Black and White Budget.

Mugshot of a Russian Convict Serving a Life Sentence Working in a Mine in Siberia, Russia (1901)

Mugshot of a Russian convict serving a life sentence working in a mine in Siberia, c. 1901. From an issue of Black and White Budget.

Carte De Visite Portrait of an American Diplomat to Liberia Only Identified as Chester (1870)

Carte de visite portrait of an American diplomat to Liberia only identified as Chester, c. 1870. By photographer D. C. Burnite of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Source: New York Public Library.

Carte De Visite Portrait of a Group of Recently Freed African American Slaves at Cassina Point Plantation on Edisto Island in South Carolina During the American Civil War (1862)

Carte de visite portrait of a group of recently freed slaves on Cassina Point Plantation on Edisto Island in South Carolina during the American Civil War, 1862. By Henry P. Moore.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of a Group of Afro-Brazilian Railroad Workers (1850's)

Portrait of a group of Afro-Brazilian railroad workers, c. 1855-1860.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Photograph Said to Be Taken During a Slave Auction in the Cheapside Area of Lexington, Kentucky (1862)

Photograph said to be taken during a slave auction in the Cheapside area of Lexington, Kentucky, c. 1861-1862. The man standing on a platform in the center waving his arms looks as though he is an auctioneer. The bovine in the left background might suggest that the photo actually depicts a livestock auction, although Cheapside was the location of a slave market in the period. Originally published in the book Slavery Times in Kentucky by John Winston Coleman.

Source: New York Public Library.
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