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.

Carte De Visite of American Inventor Zadoc Dederick’s Steam-Powered Humanlike Walking Automaton Pulling a Cart (1868)

Carte de visite of American inventor Zadoc Dederick’s steam-powered humanlike walking automaton pulling a cart, c. 1868. By George O. Bedford.

Source: New York Public Library.

View of the Confederate States Navy Ironclad CSS Stonewall Anchored Off of Ferrol, Spain, During the American Civil War (1865)

View of the Confederate States Navy ironclad CSS Stonewall anchored off of Ferrol, Spain, during the American Civil War in March 1865.

Source: Library of Congress.

Union Sailors Posing on the Deck of an Unidentified US Navy Warship During the American Civil War (1860′s)

Union sailors posing on the deck of an unidentified US Navy warship during the American Civil War, c. 1860′s.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of Union Sailor Minstrels Posing on the Deck of the USS Wabash During the Civil War (1860's)

Portrait of Union sailor minstrels posing on the deck of the USS Wabash during the Civil War, c. 1860's. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

A Group of Men Posing With the Steam Engine of the USS Kearsarge Before Its Installation on the Ship (1861)

A group of men posing with the steam engine of the Mohican-class sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge before its installation on the ship, c. 1861. By the Kellogg brothers.

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Ambrotype Portrait of a Man Posing With a Steam Engine Built by the Sharps, Davis and Bonsall Company

Ambrotype portrait of a man posing with a steam engine built by the Sharps, Davis and Bonsall Company, c. 1856.

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