Showing posts with label houses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label houses. Show all posts

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Early Photo of Buildings in Elmira, New York (1856)

 

"Elmira, N.Y., from Haight's Hotel." Early photo of buildings in Elmira, New York, c. 1856. Taken by photographer Frederick Langenheim and originally published as a stereoscopic photo in an album.

Source: Library of Congress.

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Early Photo of Houses Along Bohicket Creek in Rockville, South Carolina (1860)

 


Early view of houses along Bohicket Creek in Rockville, South Carolina, c. 1860. By photography firm Osborn and Durbec and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Sunday, March 9, 2025

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Early Bird's Eye View Photo of Houses and Businesses in Sioux City, Iowa (1860's)

 


View of houses and businesses in Sioux City, Iowa, c. 1860s. Taken by photographer Byron Gurnsey and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Library of Congress.

Friday, February 21, 2025

Photo Taken From the Third Floor of the Logan House Hotel in Altoona, Pennsylvania (1860)

 

View taken from the third floor of the Logan House Hotel showing the town of Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1860. Taken by Amateur Photographic Exchange Club member Joseph Miller Wilson and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Library of Congress.

Saturday, January 11, 2025

View of an Unidentified Street With a Park And Houses in the Background in Washington DC (1850s)

 

View of an unidentified street with houses and a what looks like a park in the background in Washington, D.C., c. 1855-1860. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale.

Source: National Museum of American History.

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

View of a Dilapidated House and Other Buildings Along G Street in Washington DC (1860)

 

View of a dilapidated house and other buildings along G Street in Washington, D.C., c. 1860. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale. The sign on the business to the right of the house appears to identify it as a possible sign-making business.

Source: National Museum of American History.

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Friday, October 9, 2015

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

A Large Group of African American Slaves Posing Outside of Their Quarters on a Plantation Near Charleston, South Carolina (1860)


A large group of African American slaves posing outside of their quarters on a plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, c. 1860. A rare scene from perhaps the only series of photographs to document slavery in the United States. By Osborn and Durbec. Animated stereoview.

Source.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Three Men Posing Amdist the Ruins on Main Street of Chambersburg After it was Torched by Confederate Forces (1864)



Three men posing amidst the ruins on Main Street of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, after most of the town was torched by Confederate forces, 1864. Animated stereoview.

Source.