Copy Negative of a Carte De Visite Portrait of an Unidentified Union Soldier During the American Civil War by Washington DC Photographer C.M. Bell (1800's)

Copy negative of a carte de visite portrait of an unidentified Union soldier during the American Civil War by Washington, D.C., photographer C.M. Bell in the late 1800's.

Source: Library of Congress.

Carte De Visite Portrait of a Group of Danish Soldiers Having a Meal on the Island of Als, Denmark, During the Second Schleswig War (1864)

Carte de visite portrait of a Group of Danish soldiers having a meal on the island of Als, Denmark, during the Second Schleswig War, 1864. By Georg E. Hansen.

Source: Royal Library, Denmark.

Obscured Daguerreotype Portrait of a Stage Actress Only Identified as Augusta Wearing a Costume (1840′s/1850′s)

Obscured daguerreotype portrait of an actress only identified as Augusta wearing a costume, c. 1840′s/1850′s. By Mathew Brady.

Source: Library of Congress.

Copy Negative of a Carte De Visite Portrait of a US Navy Lieutenant W. Mitchell (1860's/1870's)

Copy negative of a carte de visite portrait of a US Navy Lieutenant W. Mitchell, c. 1860's/1870's. Copy negative by Washington, D.C., photographer C.M. Bell.

Source: Library of Congress.

Animated Stereoscopic Photographs of Jesse Grant (1860's)

Animated stereoscopic photographs of Jesse Grant, c. 1860's. He was the father of Ulysses S. Grant and served as the mayor of the towns of Georgetown, Ohio, in the 1830's and Bethel, Ohio, in the 1850's. By Mathew Brady.

Source: National Archives and Record Administration.

Carte De Visite Portrait of a Group of Danish Soldiers Drinking During the Second Schleswig War (1864)

Carte de visite portrait of a group of Danish soldiers drinking during the Second Schleswig War, 1864. One of the men is identified as a doctor named H. Laub. By Alstrup and Meyer.

Source: Royal Library, Denmark.

Portrait of a Group of French Ambulance Officers Playing a Card Game in Cuperly, France, During World War 1 (1915-1916)

Portrait of a group of French ambulance officers playing a card game in Cuperly, France, during World War 1, c. 1915-1916. By Raoul Berthelé.

Source: City Archives of Toulouse.

Portrait of Brigham Young and an Exploring Party Said to Have Been Taken Near the Confluence of the Colorado River and the Virgin River (1870)

Portrait of Brigham Young and an exploring party said to have been taken near the confluence of the Colorado River and the Virgin River in Nevada or Arizona Territory, 1870. By Charles Roscoe Savage.

Source: Brigham Young University.

Daguerreotype Portrait of Stage Actor Edwin Booth (1840′s/1850′s)

Daguerreotype portrait of stage actor Edwin Booth, c. 1840′s/1850′s.

Source: New York Public Library.

View of Smoke Emanating From the British Steam Frigate HMS Zealous in San Francisco Bay, California (1867)

View of smoke emanating from the British steam frigate HMS Zealous in San Francisco Bay, California, 1867. Alcatraz Island is visible in the middle background. By Carleton Watkins.

Source: New York Public Library.