The Chubachus Library of Photographic History

  Photo of the General Post Office building in Washington, D.C., probably taken in July 1850. The building appears partially draped in dark ...

  View of Parsons West Jersey Hotel in Camden, New Jersey, c. 1850. The building was constructed 1849-1850, was eventually renamed the Hotel...

Daguerreotype portrait of nine unidentified young men, American, c. 1850. Source.

Daguerreotype self-portrait of Jean-Gabriel Eynard reading a letter, c. 1850. Source.

Recently uncovered photograph of the Smithsonian Castle under construction in Washington, D.C., June/July 1850. Believed to be the earlie...

Daguerreotype portrait of a stonecutter posing with a hammer and chisel, c. 1850. Source.

Daguerreotype portrait of four shoemakers posing with their tools and shoes, c. 1850. Source.

View of the Washington Navy Yard with the Anacostia River in the background in Washington, D.C., July 1850. By the Langenheim brothers. ...

Daguerreotype view of the south front of St. Mark’s Basilica (right), St. Mark’s Clocktower, and the Procuratie in Venice, c. 1850. By Jo...

Daguerreotype portrait of abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison, George Thompson, and Wendell Phillips sitting around a table, c. 1850. At...

Daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man posing with a posing with a piece of factory machinery, c. 1850. Source.

Two daguerreotype portraits of intellectuals in Bergen, Norway, c. 1850. Source 1. Source 2.

Daguerreotype portrait of a group of firemen of the Arundel Engine Company posing with their hand-pumped fire engine in Kennebunkport, Ma...

Daguerreotype portrait of Frederick Warren, city marshal of Worcester, Massachusetts, posing with an unidentified handcuffed prisoner, c....

Calotype view of a group of people posing on a riverbank probably somewhere in the United States, c. 1850. By the Langenheim brothers. ...

Daguerreotype portrait of three unidentified men wearing stove pipe hats, c. 1850. Source.

Hand-colored daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified sailor holding a cigar, c. 1850. Source.

Hand-colored daguerreotype portrait of a New York City policeman, c. 1850. Source.

Daguerreotype portrait of the children of Lieutenant Montgomery C. Meigs posing with a donkey-drawn cart in Detroit, Michigan, c. 1850. ...

Daguerreotype view of the Evening Picayune and San Francisco Herald newspaper offices at the corner of Montgomery and Sacramento Streets...