Photo of a Crowd Watching a Parade on a Street in Carthage, Missouri (1870's)

"Public square, north side." Photo of a crowd probably watching a parade go by on a street in Carthage, Missouri, c. 1870s. Tracking down the location of the J. M. Whitsett Dry Goods store was how I was able to identify where this was taken.

Source: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site.

Early Photo of a Family Posing in Front of a Log Cabin House Somewhere in Kansas Territory (1859)

 

"Log Cabin, Kansas." Photo of a family posing in front of an expanded log cabin house somewhere in Kansas Territory, c. 1859. Taken by photographers Charles and Edward Bierstadt while members of the Landers Expedition and originally published as a stereoview. Surviving stereoview cards from this series are extremely rare.

Source: Boston Public Library.

Early Photo of Cattle in a Stockyard in Chicago, Illinois (1870's)

 

"Chicago Stock Yards No. 1." Early photo of cattle in a stockyard in Chicago, Illinois, c. 1870s. Taken by photographer Louis Magnus Melander and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site.

Photo of Lucinda Peale Posing with a Fan in the Backyard of the Peale's Residence Along K Street in Washington DC (1860's)

 

Photo of Lucinda Peale, the second wife of artist Titian Ramsay Peale, posing with a fan in the backyard of the Peale's residence along K Street in Washington, D.C., c. 1860-1865. Taken by Titian Ramsay Peale and originally created as a stereoview. There appears to be another person with crutches or a camera tripod visible at far left.

Source: National Museum of American History.

Photo of Prisoners and Guards in the Yard of Vermont State Prison in Windsor, Vermont (1870's)

 

Photo of a line of prisoners and guards in the yard of Vermont State Prison in Windsor, Vermont, c. 1870s. Taken by photographer A. S. Vose and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Library of Congress.

Second photo by Vose possibly showing guards of the prison.