The Chubachus Library of Photographic History

  "Elmira, N.Y., from Haight's Hotel." Early photo of buildings in Elmira, New York, c. 1856. Taken by photographer Frederick ...

  Early view of houses along Bohicket Creek in Rockville, South Carolina, c. 1860. By photography firm Osborn and Durbec and originally publ...

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

  View of a street in Sioux City, Iowa, c. 1860s/1870s. Source: Library of Congress.

  View of houses and businesses in Sioux City, Iowa, c. 1860s. Taken by photographer Byron Gurnsey and originally published as a stereoview....

  View taken from the third floor of the Logan House Hotel showing the town of Altoona, Pennsylvania, c. 1860. Taken by Amateur Photographic...

  View of Peirce Mill (right) and Peirce Barn (building in background) along Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., September 26, 1855. The buildin...

  View of scaffolding built for the construction of Cabin John Bridge (also known as the Union Arch Bridge) in Cabin John, Maryland, c. 1859...

Portrait of a man posing in front of H. Burr's house in Washington, D.C., April 1857. An unidentified church is also visible to the left...

  Daguerreotype view of a street in an unidentified town, c. 1840s/1850s. There is a sailing ship on a body of water visible at the end of t...

Bird’s-eye view of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1891. By Benjamin West Kilburn. Source: Rijksmuseum.

Bird's-eye stereoview of Galveston, Texas, c. 1880′s. By P. H. Rose. Source: New York Public Library.

Stereoview of the ruins of buildings after a fire in Troy, New York, 1862. Source: Library of Congress. New York Times article on the...

View of the town of North Adams, Massachusetts, c. 1800′s. Source: New York Public Library.

View of Beaufort, South Carolina, while it was occupied by Union forces, c. 1862. By Samuel Cooley. Source.