Early Photo of a Family Posing in Front of a Log Cabin House Somewhere in Kansas Territory (1859)

 

"Log Cabin, Kansas." Photo of a family posing in front of an expanded log cabin house somewhere in Kansas Territory, c. 1859. Taken by photographers Charles and Edward Bierstadt while members of the Landers Expedition and originally published as a stereoview. Surviving stereoview cards from this series are extremely rare.

Source: Boston Public Library.

Photo of a Ferry Boat With a Settler Family's Covered Wagon on it Crossing the Big Blue River in Kansas (1859)

Photo of a ferry boat with a settler family's covered wagon on it crossing the Big Blue River in Kansas, 1859. Taken by photographers Charles and Edward Bierstadt while members of the Landers Expedition and originally published as a glass stereoview.

Source: National Gallery of Art.

Three Views of Union Soldiers Posing in Front of a Lean-to Shelter During the Civil War Near Lewinsville, Virginia (1861)

"Picket guard on the alert, near Lewinsville, Va." Source.

"Picket guard, Lewinsville, Va." Civil War-era colorization of the same stereoview with a different caption. Source.

Higher resolution version of the scene. Source.

"Picket guard on the alert, near Lewinsville, Va." Union soldiers in front of a lean-to shelter posing as if they were fighting in a skirmish, 1861. By Edward Bierstadt. Animated stereoviews. Later used as a reference for his brother Albert Bierstadt's painting seen here:

"Guerrilla Warfare," by Albert Bierstadt, 1862. Source.

I have come across at least two other versions of Union soldiers posing in front of the shelter by Edward Bierstadt. The following stereoview is from Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose.

"Picket Guard at rest near Lewinsville, Va." Another scene of Union soldiers posing in front of the shelter.

The third is said to show Union soldiers guarding Confederate POWs in front of the shelter.

"Picket Guard with Prisoners Near Lewisville." The resolution of the photograph is too low to tell whether or not the "Lewisville" caption is misspelled. From Cowan's Auctions. Source.