Ambrotype Portrait of 98-Year-Old Milly Perkins Who Lived in Bethany, Connecticut (1850's/1860's)

Ambrotype portrait of 98-year-old Milly Perkins who lived in Bethany, Connecticut, c. 1850's/1860's. From the book Bethany And Its Hills by Eliza Jennette Lines published in 1905.

Carte De Visite Portrait of an Unidentified Man Believed to Be a Dutch Sailor Taken in the Hague, Netherlands (1870's/1880's)

Carte de visite portrait of an unidentified man believed to be a Dutch sailor taken in the Hague, Netherlands, c. 1879-1883. By Adolphe Zimmermans.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Ambrotype Portrait of an African American Union Soldier Named Qualls Tibbs Who Served With the 27th United States Colored Infantry During the American Civil War (1860's)

Ambrotype portrait of an African American Union soldier named Qualls Tibbs who served with the 27th United States Colored Infantry during the American Civil War, c. 1864-1865.

Source: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Portrait of a Chinese Woman Comparing One of Her Bound Feet With Another Chinese Woman Who Has Unbound Feet in Xiamen, China (1869)

Portrait of a Chinese woman comparing one of her bound feet with another Chinese woman who has unbound feet in Xiamen, China, 1869. By Scottish photographer John Thomson.

Source: Wellcome Images.

Stereoview of Four Collections of Insects and Spiders on Display in the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, DC (1867)

Stereoview of four collections of insects and spiders on display in the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C., 1867. By F. H. Bell.

Source: Library of Congress.

Stereoview of Exhibits in the Eastern Transept of of a Building at the 1862 International Exhibition in London, England (1862)

Stereoview of exhibits in the eastern transept of of a building at the 1862 International Exhibition in London, England, 1862. By William England.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of a Muslim Butcher Posing With a Mule in Beijing, China (1869)

Portrait of a Muslim butcher posing with a mule in Beijing, China, 1869. By Scottish photographer John Thomson.

Source: Wellcome Images.

Portrait of a Group of Possibly Recently Freed African American Slaves Posing in Front of a Building, Possibly a Slave Cabin, On a Plantation Owned By Dr. William F. Gaines in Hanover County, Virginia (1862)

Portrait of a group of possibly recently freed African American slaves posing in front of a building, possibly a slave cabin, on a plantation owned by Dr. William F. Gaines in Hanover County, Virginia, 1862. By George Harper Houghton.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of Members of a Cricket Team Attributed to Mathew Brady (1860′s)

Portrait of members of a cricket team attributed to Mathew Brady, c. 1860′s.

Source: Library of Congress.

Daguerreotype Portrait of Franklin Pierce Believed to be Taken The Year Before He Became President of the United States (1852)

Daguerreotype portrait of Franklin Pierce believed to be taken the year before he became President of the United States, c. 1852. By Southworth and Hawes.

Source: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

Framed portrait of stage Actor Edwin Booth (1880′s/1890′s)

Framed portrait of stage actor Edwin Booth with a lock of his hair, c. 1880′s/1890′s.

Source: New York Public Library.

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.

Stereoview of the Ruins of Buildings After a Fire in Troy, New York (1862)

Stereoview of the ruins of buildings after a fire in Troy, New York, 1862.

Source: Library of Congress.

New York Times article on the fire.

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.

Daguerreotype Portrait of An Unidentified Man By James P. Weston (1848)

Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man by James P. Weston, c. 1848.

Source: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Carte De Visite Portrait of Harriet Tubman by Photographer Benjamin F. Powelson of Auburn, New York (1860's)

Carte de visite portrait of Harriet Tubman by photographer Benjamin F. Powelson of Auburn, New York, c. 1868-1869. Believed to be the earliest known photograph of her.

Source: Library of Congress.
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Stereoview Portrait of an Unidentified Man Sporting Sideburns (1860s/1870s)

Stereoview portrait of an unidentified man, c. 1860s/1870s. The original stereoview is not stereoscopic.

Source: Library of Congress.

Daguerreotype Portrait of Native American Iowa People Chief Nocheninga (1850's)

Daguerreotype portrait of Native American Iowa People chief Nocheninga, c. 1851-1852. By Thomas M. Easterly.

Source: National Museum of American History.

Stereoview Portrait of an Unidentified Man Posing With a Book (1860′s)

Stereoview portrait of an unidentified man posing with a book, c. 1860′s. The original stereoview is not stereoscopic.

Source: Library of Congress.

Stereoview Portrait of a Group Posing in the Interior of a Cottage in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (1800′s)

Stereoview portrait of a group posing in the interior of a cottage in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, c. 1800′s. By Charles H. Shute and Son.

Source: Boston Public Library.

Stereoview of the 26th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and Attractions Including a Replica of the USS Kearsarge in Front of the Washington Monument in Washington DC (1892)

View of the 26th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and attractions including a replica of the USS Kearsarge in front of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., 1892. By John Fillis Jarvis.

Source: Library of Congress.

View of Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Procession Consiting of Union Soldiers, Musicians, And Others Wearing Civilian Clothing on Pennsylvania Avenue (1865)

View of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession consiting of Union soldiers, musicians, and others wearing civilian clothing on Pennsylvania Avenue, April 19, 1865. Attributed to Mathew Brady.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of a Mandarin Official And His Son in Guangzhou, China (1869)

Portrait of a Mandarin official and his son in Canton (Guangzhou), China, 1869. By Scottish photographer John Thomson.

Source: Wellcome Images.

Stereoview Scene of a Man Looking at Stereoviews And a Wary Couple Titled “An Optical Delusion. - Things Seen And Things Not Seen.” (1850′s/1860′s)

Stereoview scene of a man looking at stereoviews and a wary couple titled “An optical delusion. - Things seen and things not seen.” Probably British, c. 1850′s/1860′s.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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.

Stereoview of Exhibits in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, DC (1867)

Stereoview of exhibits in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C., c. 1867. By F. H. Bell.

Source: Library of Congress.

Stereoview of the Foreign Art Gallery at the 1862 International Exhibition in London, England (1862)

View of the foreign art gallery at the 1862 International Exhibition in London, England. By English photographer William England.

Source: Library of Congress.