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Saturday, August 9, 2025
Photo of a Settler Family Posing With Their Horse-Drawn Covered Wagon Near North Loup, Nebraska (1886)
Photo of a settler family posing with their horse-drawn covered wagon near North Loup, Nebraska, 1886.
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Photo of a Review of Union Soldiers of the 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Regiment on the South Common in Lowell, Massachusetts, During the American Civil War (1860's)
Photo of Union soldiers of the 6th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Regiment and civilians on the South Common in Lowell, Massachusetts, c. 1861-1864. Taken by photographer Simon Towle and originally published as a stereoview. The caption on the back of the stereoview is: "May training on South Common, jail in distance, 7 companies of the 6th Regiment Volunteers." The city's jail is prominently featured in the background at center.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Photo of a Group Posing in Front of Mr. Dinsmore's House Along the Hudson River in New York (1860)
Portrait of a group posing in front of a Mr. Dinsmore's house along the Hudson River in New York, c. 1860. Originally published as a glass stereoview with the title: "Private Residence - Hudson River." The Krannert Art Museum has a stereoview copy of the photo with an E. & H. T. Anthony number on it (#1288) with which I could then find the Anthony caption for the photo on the National Stereoscopic Association's exhaustive list of Anthony stereoviews. The original Anthony caption for the photo is "The Residence of Mr. Dinsmore, on the Hudson River." I was not able to find a surviving house that looks like this today with the Dinsmore name attached online.
Source: New York Public Library.
National Stereoscopic Association's Anthony stereoview list (PDF).
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Occupational Photo of Three Farm Workers Posing With Scythes Said to Have Been Taken in the United States (1850's/1860's)
Occupational portrait of three farm workers posing with scythes in a field on a farm said to have been taken somewhere in the United States, c. 1855-1865. Another man is sitting in a wagon in the background. I think it is more likely that the men are British farm workers somewhere in Great Britain because of their outfits. Originally published as a stereoview.
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Portrait of Two Women Posing on a Rock Along Rock Creek in Washington DC (1857)
Portrait of two women posing on a rock along Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., 1857. Attributed to photographer Titian Ramsay Peale.
Thursday, January 2, 2025
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.
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Occupational Portrait of Three Grave Diggers Posing With a Recently Dug Grave in a Cemetery (1860s)
Portrait of three grave diggers posing with a recently dug grave in a cemetery, location unknown, c. 1860s. Attributed to Mathew Brady. Note the blanket in the foreground used for collecting dirt from the grave as it is being dug. Also, a possible hearse is seen in the background at the top of the hill at left.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Staged Photo of a Group of Young British Soldiers Having a Mock Battle on a Hillside (1850s)
Staged scene of a group of young British soldiers, most probably cadets, having a mock battle on a hillside, c. 1857-1859. An early albumen print.
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Ambrotype Portrait of a Gardener Posing Over a Wooden Tub of Water By an Unidentified British Photographer (1855)
Ambrotype portrait of a gardener posing over a wooden tub of water by an unidentified British photographer, c. 1855.
Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Portrait of Members of a Bicycle Club Posing With Their Bicycles Somewhere in South Africa (1890's/1900's)
Portrait of members of a bicycle club posing with their bicycles somewhere in South Africa, c. 1890-1910.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Monday, April 23, 2018
Portrait of a Smiling Beggar Boy by Swedish-Born British Photographer Oscar Gustave Rejlander (1860)
Portrait of a smiling beggar boy by Swedish-born British photographer Oscar Gustave Rejlander, c. 1860.
Source: National Museum of American History.
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Portrait of a Man Posing at the Entrance of a Mine Somewhere in the Pahranagat Valley of Nevada (1871)
Portrait of a man posing at the entrance of a mine somewhere in the Pahranagat Valley of Nevada, 1871. By Timothy O’Sullivan.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Portrait of a Group of Employees Including Bartenders and Dancers Posing in Front of Hovey’s Dance Hall in Clifton, Arizona Territory (1884)
Portrait of a group of employees including bartenders and dancers posing in front of Hovey’s Dance Hall in which they worked in Clifton, Arizona Territory, 1884. The dance hall's manager, Anton Mazzanovich, is posing next to a tree, second from right.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
More information at Arizona State Archives.
More information at Tucson.com.
Friday, March 16, 2018
Glass Stereoview of a Group Posing in Front of a House Along the Hudson River Somewhere in New York or New Jersey (1850′s/1860′s)
Glass stereoview of a group posing in front of a house along the Hudson River somewhere in New York or New Jersey, c. 1850′s/1860′s.
Source: New York Public Library.
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Painting of a Lost Daguerreotype of Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant Probably Taken at Camp Salubrity in Louisiana (1845)
Painting of a lost daguerreotype of Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant probably taken at Camp Salubrity in Louisiana, 1845. By artist T. V. Chominski. From McClure's Magazine.
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Daguerreotype Portrait of a Group Posing in Front of a Wells Fargo Bank on Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California (1852)
Daguerreotype portrait of a group posing in front of a Wells Fargo bank on Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, 1852.
Source: Library of Congress.
Friday, February 2, 2018
Stereoview of Two Couples Posing in a Rowboat On a Pond At Or Near Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut (1800's)
Stereoview of two couples posing in a rowboat on a pond at or near Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut, c. 1860-1887. By Prescott and White.
Source: New York Public Library.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Portrait of Two Buddhist Monks in Guangzhou, China (1869)
Portrait of two Buddhist monks in Canton (Guangzhou), China, 1869. By Scottish photographer John Thomson.
Source: Wellcome Images.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Portrait of a Union Soldier Posing With a Horse During the American Civil War (1860′s)
Portrait of a Union soldier posing with a horse during the American Civil War, c. 1861-1865. Attributed to Mathew Brady.
Source: Library of Congress.
Saturday, January 20, 2018
Portrait of a Nightwatchman Posing at an Entrance of a Building in Beijing, China (1869)
Portrait of a nightwatchman posing at an entrance of a building in Peking (Beijing), China, 1869. By Scottish photographer John Thomson.
Source: Wellcome Images.