Early Photo of Fort Lafayette Taken From Fort Hamilton in New York City (1860)

 

Photo of Fort Lafayette taken from Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York City, c. 1860. Taken by photographer Platt Babbitt and originally published as a glass stereoview.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Recently Uncovered Photograph of the Smithsonian Castle Under Construction in Washington, D.C. (1850)

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

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