Photo of a Steamboat Named Yellowstone Possibly Photographed on the Missouri River Near Sioux City, Iowa (1860's)

View of a steamboat named Yellowstone possibly photographed on the Missouri River near Sioux City, Iowa, c. 1865-1870. Taken by photographer Byron H. Gurnsey and originally published as a stereoview. Other stereoviews in the Library of Congress' collection by Gurnsey with the same mount were taken in and around Fort Berthold in Dakota Territory.

Source: Library of Congress.

Bird's-Eye Stereoview of Galveston, Texas (1880′s)

Bird's-eye stereoview of Galveston, Texas, c. 1880′s. By P. H. Rose.

Source: New York Public Library.

Union Soldiers and Civilians Posing on the US Sanitary Commission Hospital Steamer Named Red Rover During the American Civil War (1860′s)

Union soldiers and civilians posing on the US Sanitary Commission hospital steamer named Red Rover during the American Civil War, c. 1860′s.

Source: New York Public Library.

Daguerreotype View of a Group of People on Board and Around a Docked Ship During the Mexican-American War (1847)

Daguerreotype view of a group of people, probably American soldiers and/or sailors, on board and around a docked ship, location unknown, c. 1847. From a collection of photographs documenting the Mexican-American War. The image is possibly related to American military transportation involved in the conflict.

Source.

Two Daguerreotype Views Made Into Two Time-Lapse Animations of People, Boats, and Buildings Along the San Joaquin River in Stockton, California (1851)

Time-lapse animated view #1 with background in focus.

Time-lapse animated view #2 with items in foreground in focus.

"View of Corinthian Building across the Stockton Channel." Source.

"View of Corinthian Building across the Stockton Channel." What looks like a person is visible climbing the mast of the boat on the right. Source.

Two daguerreotype views made into two time-lapse animations of people, boats, and buildings along the the San Joaquin River in Stockton, California, c. 1851. By William Herman Rulofson.