Daguerreotype View of A Busy Boulevard Des Italiens Decorated For a State Visit by Queen Victoria in Paris, France (1855)

 

 

Daguerreotype view of a busy Boulevard des Italiens decorated for a state visit by Queen Victoria in Paris, France, August 1855. The moving pedestrians and vehicles are for the most part so sharp that this would probably have been deemed to be an "instantaneous" photo by stereocard publishers 4-5 years later. Originally taken as a stereoscopic daguerreotype.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Early Photo of the US Treasury Building in Washington DC (1856)

 

View of the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C., taken at 4:30 PM on October 14, 1856. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale.

Source: National Museum of American History.

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.

View of People Posing in Front of Shops Along Main Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1867)

View of people posing along Main Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1867. By James E. Morse. From the book Fitchburg Past and Present by William Andrew Emerson published in 1903.

Bird's-Eye Stereoview of Galveston, Texas (1880′s)

Bird's-eye stereoview of Galveston, Texas, c. 1880′s. By P. H. Rose.

Source: New York Public Library.

Carte De Visite View of People Posing in Front of Stores On Main Street in Boonville, Missouri (1866)

Carte de visite view of people posing in front of stores on Main Street in Boonville, Missouri, c. 1866.

Source: Library of Congress.

Animated Stereoscopic Portrait of an African American Woman, Possibly a Slave, Posing on a Sidewalk of a Street Probably in Lexington, Kentucky (1850's/1860's)

Animated stereoscopic portrait of a black woman, possibly a slave, posing on the sidewalk of a street probably in Lexington, Kentucky, c. 1850's/1860's.

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View of People Posing in Front of a Building Containing a Number of Businesses in Nashville, Tennessee (1859)

View of people posing in front of a building containing the Benjamin T. Johnson & Co. Confectionery, Union Saloon, and Longhurst & Co. Wholesale Confectionery businesses in Nashville, Tennessee, c. 1859.

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View of Chestnut Street in Philadelphia

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"North side of Chestnut Street, between Second Street and Third Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." Comparison of two views of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, c. 1842. Three men are visible in one of the photographs and various objects on the sidewalk have moved slightly. The position of the shadows at the bottom left of the photographs might show that a measurable amount of time had passed between the taking of each view which were presumably taken on the same day. By William G. Mason.

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