Ambrotype Portrait of 98-Year-Old Milly Perkins Who Lived in Bethany, Connecticut (1850's/1860's)

Ambrotype portrait of 98-year-old Milly Perkins who lived in Bethany, Connecticut, c. 1850's/1860's. From the book Bethany And Its Hills by Eliza Jennette Lines published in 1905.

Carte De Visite Portrait of an Unidentified Man Believed to Be a Dutch Sailor Taken in the Hague, Netherlands (1870's/1880's)

Carte de visite portrait of an unidentified man believed to be a Dutch sailor taken in the Hague, Netherlands, c. 1879-1883. By Adolphe Zimmermans.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Ambrotype Portrait of an African American Union Soldier Named Qualls Tibbs Who Served With the 27th United States Colored Infantry During the American Civil War (1860's)

Ambrotype portrait of an African American Union soldier named Qualls Tibbs who served with the 27th United States Colored Infantry during the American Civil War, c. 1864-1865.

Source: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Portrait of a Chinese Woman Comparing One of Her Bound Feet With Another Chinese Woman Who Has Unbound Feet in Xiamen, China (1869)

Portrait of a Chinese woman comparing one of her bound feet with another Chinese woman who has unbound feet in Xiamen, China, 1869. By Scottish photographer John Thomson.

Source: Wellcome Images.

Stereoview of Four Collections of Insects and Spiders on Display in the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, DC (1867)

Stereoview of four collections of insects and spiders on display in the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C., 1867. By F. H. Bell.

Source: Library of Congress.

Stereoview of Exhibits in the Eastern Transept of of a Building at the 1862 International Exhibition in London, England (1862)

Stereoview of exhibits in the eastern transept of of a building at the 1862 International Exhibition in London, England, 1862. By William England.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of a Muslim Butcher Posing With a Mule in Beijing, China (1869)

Portrait of a Muslim butcher posing with a mule in Beijing, China, 1869. By Scottish photographer John Thomson.

Source: Wellcome Images.

Portrait of a Group of Possibly Recently Freed African American Slaves Posing in Front of a Building, Possibly a Slave Cabin, On a Plantation Owned By Dr. William F. Gaines in Hanover County, Virginia (1862)

Portrait of a group of possibly recently freed African American slaves posing in front of a building, possibly a slave cabin, on a plantation owned by Dr. William F. Gaines in Hanover County, Virginia, 1862. By George Harper Houghton.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of Members of a Cricket Team Attributed to Mathew Brady (1860′s)

Portrait of members of a cricket team attributed to Mathew Brady, c. 1860′s.

Source: Library of Congress.

Daguerreotype Portrait of Franklin Pierce Believed to be Taken The Year Before He Became President of the United States (1852)

Daguerreotype portrait of Franklin Pierce believed to be taken the year before he became President of the United States, c. 1852. By Southworth and Hawes.

Source: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.