The Chubachus Library of Photographic History

  Hand-colored photo of two cobblers posing with tools in a mockup of a boot store called the J. Brinton Book Maker, c. 1860. Originally pub...

  Hand-colored photo of undead Crusader knight Alonzo the Brave interrupting the wedding of Imogene and the Baron in a church setting, c. 18...

  Hand-colored view of two wigwams and a bark canoe in a Chippewa Native American camp probably somewhere in Minnesota, c. 1860s. Originally...

   Hand-colored portrait of a group posing in front of Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia, c. 1859-1860. Attributed to William En...

  Early hand-colored photograph of a gift-laden Santa Claus emerging from a fireplace, c. 1860s. Taken by photographer George Stacy and orig...

Hand-colored stereoview of a Buffalo and New York City Railroad bridge over the Genesee River near Portage, New York, c. 1860. By the New...

Hand-colored animated stereoview portrait of an unidentified woman wearing a costume by German photographer Moser Senior, c. 1870's. ...

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

Hand-colored stereoview portrait of a woman playing a guitar by Italian-Swiss photographer Giorgio Conrad, c. 1850′s/1860′s. Source: Ri...

Hand-colored stereoview portrait of an unidentified woman probably by a European photographer, c. 1850′s/1860′s. Source: Rijksmuseum.

Hand-colored animated stereoscopic daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified gentleman holding a top hat, c. 1850's. By Antoine Cl...

Hand-colored animated stereoscopic daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified boy, c. 1850's. By Antoine Claudet. Source: National G...

Hand-colored tintype portrait of an unidentified woman posing with a book possibly taken in a photography studio in Maine, c. 1860′s. By ...

Hand-colored photographic portrait of a group of children posing in a field in Gutach, Germany (then the Grand Duchy of Baden), 1864. By ...

Hand-colored photographic portrait of three armed militia men in Peterstal, Germany (then the Grand Duchy of Baden), 1864. By Ludovico Wo...

Hand-colored animated stereoscopic daguerreotype portrait of Lady Mary Haughton Feilden of Feniscowles, England, 1856. By Antoine Clau...

Hand-colored portrait of a couple wearing traditional clothing posing in front of the entrance of a building somewhere in Germany, 1864. ...

Hand-colored portrait of three armed militiamen in Peterstal, Germany (then the Grand Duchy of Baden), 1864. By Ludovico Wolfgang Hart. ...

Hand-colored stereoview of horse-drawn omnibuses and other horse-drawn vehicles in a street in New York City, New York, c. 1859. Original...

Animated comedic hand-colored stereoview of a girl and a cat titled "wake up; you lazy pussy," 1898. Published by Underwood and...