The Chubachus Library of Photographic History

Ambrotype portrait of 98-year-old Milly Perkins who lived in Bethany, Connecticut, c. 1850's/1860's. From the book Bethany And It...

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

Ambrotype portrait of an African American Union soldier named Qualls Tibbs who served with the 27th United States Colored Infantry during...

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

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

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

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 planta...

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, c. 1852. By Sout...