Photomontage of Various Soldiers, Firemen and Celebrities Titled "Ben Gurney's Dream" (1870's)

Photomontage of a collection of various unidentified soldiers, firemen and celebrities titled "Ben Gurney's Dream," c. 1870s. Some of the soldiers appear to be German while most look like they are American militiamen or cadets. Other photos of soldiers look like they might be from the Civil War era. Identified celebrities in the photomontage include Ulysses S. Grant, Edwin Booth, Mark Twain, and Horace Greeley. Originally published as a stereoview by photography firm J. Gurney & Son. Ben Gurney almost certainly refers to Jeremiah Gurney's son Benjamin who was also a photographer and presumably was the creator of this photomontage. The man with the camera at bottom right of the photomontage has a passing resemblance to this double exposure CDV of Benjamin Gurney at the National Portrait Gallery.

Source: Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Stereoview Portrait of an Unidentified Photographer With a Camera Taking a Photo Along Rock Creek in Washington DC (1860)

 

Stereoview portrait of an unidentified photographer with a camera on a tripod taking a photo along Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., c. 1860. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale. The photographer in the photo might actually be Peale himself. The man sitting on the right is also unidentified.

Source: National Museum of American History.

Portrait of French Photographer Eugène Trutat Posing With a Camera (1860′s)

Portrait of French photographer Eugène Trutat posing with a camera, c. 1860′s.

Source: City Archives of Toulouse.

Carte De Visite Portrait of a Photographer Posing With a Camera in Front of a Painted Beach Backdrop Titled “Welcome The Dude” (1880′s)

Carte de visite portrait of a photographer posing with a camera in front of a painted beach backdrop titled “Welcome The Dude,” c. 1880′s. He also holds an advertisement for the attributed photography firm of Chester and Handy of Cape May, New Jersey.

Source: Library of Congress.

Carte De Visite Portrait of Photographer Charles J. Lochman Posing With a Camera Probably in a Photography Studio in Hamburg, Pennsylvania (1860′s/1870′s)

Carte de visite portrait of photographer Charles J. Lochman posing with a camera probably in a photography studio in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, c. 1860′s/1870′s. By William J. Lochman.

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Tintype of a Photographer Posing With His Camera and Customers in Front of His Tent Studio (1890′s)

Tintype of a photographer posing with his camera and customers in front of his tent studio, c. 1890′s.

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American Second Lieutenant George E. Stone of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Posing With a Camera in Front of Cochem Castle During the Occupation of the Rhineland in Cochem, Germany (1919)

American Second Lieutenant George E. Stone of the U.S. Army Signal Corps posing with a camera in front of Cochem Castle during the Occupation of the Rhineland in Cochem, Germany, January 9, 1919.

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