The Chubachus Library of Photographic History

Photo of a ferry boat with a settler family's covered wagon on it crossing the Big Blue River in Kansas, 1859. Taken by photographers Ch...

  Photo of Fort Lafayette taken from Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York City, c. 1860. Taken by photographer Platt Babbitt and originally p...

  Photo of Union Army colonel Edward Cross posing with a group in front of the Tip-Top House near the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampsh...

  Early photo of the boulder lodged in Flume Gorge at the base of Mount Liberty near Franconia, New Hampshire, 1859. Taken by Luther White a...

  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...

Glass stereoview of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge across the Niagara River connecting New York with Ontario, c. 1850′s/1860′s. Niag...

Glass stereoview of George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation house in Fairfax County, Virginia, c. 1850′s. It was probably owned by Jo...

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...

Glass stereoview of rapids on the Niagara River in front of the Cataract House hotel in Niagara Falls, New York, c. 1850's/1860′s. B...

Glass stereoview of Niagara Falls, c. 1860′s. By Platt D. Babbitt. Source: New York Public Library.

View of people gathered on a court day possibly for an auction in the Cheapside section of Lexington, Kentucky, c. 1850′s/1860′s. Sourc...

Glass stereoview portrait of a group of men posing in front of a Mr. Grinnell’s residence in Irvington, New York, 1856. Two or three wome...

Hand-colored glass stereoview of three men posing in front of coal trains near Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 1856. By the Langenheim brothers...

Hand-colored view of Terrapin Tower and Horseshoe Falls taken from Goat Island in Niagara Falls, New York, 1856. By the Langenheim brothe...

French soldiers in a trench in Carency, France, during World War 1. Animated stereoview. Source.

View of the George Washington equestrian statue on the year of its dedication in Union Square in New York City, New York, 1856. By the La...

The body of a dead soldier who died fighting during World War 1 in Fleury, France. Animated stereoview. Source.

French soldiers in a front line trench in Berry-au-Bac, France, during World War 1. Animated stereoview. Source: Photographic Heritage.

Two French soldiers posing with a wounded German POW in a trench near Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France, during World War 1. Animated stereo...

Two men posing on Table Rock in front of Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, 1856. By the Langenheim brothers. Animated...