The Chubachus Library of Photographic History

Photo of people, possibly tourists, posing on and around an observation tower in the abandoned ruins of Fort Holmes on Mackinac Island, Mich...

  "Chicago Stock Yards No. 1." Early photo of cattle in a stockyard in Chicago, Illinois, c. 1870s. Taken by photographer Louis Ma...

  Photo of a line of prisoners and guards in the yard of Vermont State Prison in Windsor, Vermont, c. 1870s. Taken by photographer A. S. Vos...

  "Forefathers' Rock, Plymouth, Mass." Photo of a group of men posing with the bottom portion of Plymouth Rock a few years bef...

  Photo of a group of seven Chippewa (Ojibwe) men posing in front of a building in Fort Dufferin, Manitoba, 1873. Originally published as a ...

  Photo of a group playing a game of cricket on a field probably in or near Port Hope, Ontario, c. 1860s. Taken by photographer W. Williamso...

  Photo of an architectural model of the new US Capitol dome and the building's expanded wings designed by Thomas Ustick Walter, c. 1856...

  Early view of houses along Bohicket Creek in Rockville, South Carolina, c. 1860. By photography firm Osborn and Durbec and originally publ...

  Postmortem photo of the deceased Frederick William IV of Prussia lying in his casket, 1861. This version of the photo was published as a n...

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

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

Four men at a table playing cards, c. 1860. By Anthony (possibly E. & H. T. Anthony & Company). Animated stereoview. Source. A...

A group of Union soldiers posing on captured Confederate fortifications in Centreville, 1862. Animated stereoscopic photograph. Sour...

Union soldiers of the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry returning from foraging, Columbus, Kentucky, c. 1864. By John Carbutt. Animated...