The Chubachus Library of Photographic History

    Self-portrait of photographer John Moran posing behind a tree, c. 1863. Another unidentified man is posing in the background at right. O...

  Stereoview portrait of an unidentified photographer with a camera on a tripod taking a photo along Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., c. 1860...

Probable self-portrait of photographer O. M. Perrigo posing with his horse-drawn photography wagon with darkroom attached to the back. The s...

  Daguerreotype self-portrait of a man believed to be John Jabez Edwin Mayall, c. 1844. Source: Library of Congress.

Self-portrait of American photographer Frederick DeBourg Richards, c. 1850′s. Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of French photographer Eugène Trutat posing with a camera, c. 1860′s. Source: City Archives of Toulouse.

Daguerreotype self-portrait of Jean-Gabriel Eynard reading a letter, c. 1850. Source.

Self-portrait of a smiling Félix-Jacques Moulin raising a glass, c. 1855. Source.

Animated stereoscopic daguerreotype self-portrait of Antoine Claudet (right) posing with his son, Francis, and his focimeter (lensmeter) ...

Hand-colored animated stereoscopic daguerreotype self-portrait of Warren T. Thompson holding a hare, c. 1855. Source.

Self-portrait of George S. Irish using a polished metal globe at the Fort William Henry Hotel in Glen's Falls , New York, c. 1870...