Daguerreotype Photo of a Group Posing in Front of a Building Containing J. H. Phillips' Photograph Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri (1865)

Daguerreotype of a group posing in front of a building containing J. H. Phillips' Photograph Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri, 1865. A display case of sample photos is visible at bottom right in front of the staircase and probably J. H. Phillips himself is posing in the second floor window of the gallery (which he had recently purchased). The photo is said to be a copy photo of a daguerreotype which was probably originally taken by Thomas Easterly. Easterly is the last known American daguerrean-era photographer to continue taking daguerreotypes into the 1870s.

 

Source: Missouri Historical Society.

Photo of a Group of Mostly Teenagers Posing in a Street in the Five Points Neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York (1870's)

Portrait of a group of mostly teenagers posing with a bakery wagon and what might be carts in a street of the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, c. 1870s. Originally published as a stereoview by L. D. & Co.

Source: Library of Congress.

Photo of a Mormon Settler Covered Wagon Train in Echo Canyon, Utah Territory (1870's)

Photo of a Mormon settler covered wagon train in Echo Canyon, Utah Territory, c. 1870s. A mounted US Army officer is visible in the front of the group at left. A telegraph line is visible in the background. Taken by photographer Charles Carter and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

 

Tintype View of a Street Probably in Masontown, Pennsylvania (1880's)

Tintype view of a street probably in Masontown, Pennsylvania, c. 1880′s. The house visible on the left is under construction.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

View of a Street in Des Moines, Iowa (1870′s/1880′s)

View of a street in Des Moines, Iowa, c. 1870′s/1880′s.

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