The Chubachus Library of Photographic History

Photo of a patriotic soda water stand at the US Sanitary Commission's Metropolitan Fair in New York City, New York, during the American ...

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

Portrait of a group of mostly teenagers posing with a bakery wagon and what might be carts in a street of the Five Points neighborhood of Ma...

  Portrait of writer Henry Tuckerman posing in his office in a building along  West 10th Street in  New York City, New York, c. 1861. Taken ...

View of Wall Street with the old United States Custom House visible in the distance at far left in New York City, New York, c. 1870s. Today,...

Portrait of two men posing in the interior of the Merchants' Exchange building along Wall Street in New York City, New York, c. 1860. Ta...

    Two portraits of men posing in the interior of the Paul & Curtis photography store along Broadway in New York City, New York, c. 186...

Carte de visite portrait of a group of unidentified schoolgirls, c. 1870′s. By New York City photographer John G. Müller. Source: New Y...

Portrait of the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) taken in Mathew Brady’s studio on Broadway in New York City, October 13, 186...

View of a crowd watching militiamen preparing cannons to fire a salute in honor of the arrival of Japan’s first diplomatic mission to t...

Carte de visite portrait of actress Kitty Dowd wearing a costume titled “The Devil’s Auction” probably taken in New York City, 1867. By J...

Stereoview of Russian warships in New York Harbor probably during the American Civil War, c. 1860′s. The smoke emanating from the Russian...

Carte de visite view of a busy Broadway in New York City, New York, c. 1865. The Bank of the Republic building visible on the corner is d...

Carte de visite portrait of a crying toddler titled “Young America,” probably taken in a photography studio on Broadway in New York City,...

Carte de visite portrait of a man believed to be American photographer George Stacy looking through a microscope probably in his studio o...

Portrait of a police officer only identified as Mr. Leonard posing in an art gallery possibly at the 1864 Metropolitan Fair in New York C...

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

Stereoview portrait of butchers posing with meats at Washington Market in New York City, New York, 1883. By B. W. Kilburn. Source.

Animated stereoview portrait of four bootblacks posing with two of their customers in Manhattan, New York City, New York, c. 1875. Sou...

View of a busy Broadway in New York City, New York, 1861. A military recruitment office is visible in the bottom right. From Miller's...