The Chubachus Library of Photographic History

View of Wall Street with the old United States Custom House visible in the distance at far left in New York City, New York, c. 1870s. Today,...

  Portrait of a group of women eating a meal at a table in front of a house, location unknown, c. 1870s. Note the blurry dog or cat at botto...

View of a large crowd on 4th Street possibly watching firemen battle a building fire in St. Louis, Missouri, c. 1868. Note the stream of wat...

  Portrait of a group posing in front of the Newport Harbor Light on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1860s. Taken by photographer J...

  Occupational portrait of three farm workers posing with scythes in a field on a farm said to have been taken somewhere in the United State...

  View probably showing a parade on a crowded Main Street during centennial celebrations of the 1775 Battle of Concord in Concord, Massachus...

  Portrait of a man approaching a frog with a stick probably in a park in Baltimore, Maryland, as two women in a rowboat in the background l...

  Bird's eye view photo of Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1870s. Taken by Charles Zimmerman and originally published as a stereoview.  Source: L...

  Portrait of  a group of children posing with croquet mallets, a rope swing and dolls probably in Mazomanie, Wisconsin, c. 1870s. A man, pr...

  Photo of a scale model of the Civil War-era McClellan Hospital on display during the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ...