The Chubachus Library of Photographic History

  Portrait of a group posing in front of a Mr. Dinsmore's house along the Hudson River in New York, c. 1860. Originally published as a g...

  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...

  "Corridor of Capitol, Washington, USA." View of an unidentified hallway in the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., c. 1860s. Origina...

Tintype portrait of three men smoking cigars, c. 1880-1900. Rijksmuseum.

Glass stereoview of a group posing in front of a house along the Hudson River somewhere in New York or New Jersey, c. 1850′s/1860′s. So...

View of the interior of a classroom in Winchester, New Hampshire, c. 1800′s. By Keene, New Hampshire, photographer J. A. French. Source...

Stereoview of a room in a house somewhere in northern New York, c. 1800′s. By William B. Minard. Source: New York Public Library.

View of the parlor of G. Ronnsaville’s house on LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois, c. 1800′s. By C. Allgeier. Source: New York Public...

Hand-colored stereoview portrait of a woman praying titled "Evening Prayers," probably British, c. 1850′s/1860′s. Source: Rij...

View of the parlor of a house in Upton, New York, c. 1800′s. By Z. B. Grandy. Source.

View of a parlor in a house in Upton, Massachusetts, c. 1800′s. A magic lantern projector is visible below the picture on the wall. By Z....

Daguerreotype portrait of Elisa (left) and John McAllister, July 23, 1849. By the Langenheim brothers. Source.