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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Glass Stereoview of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Across the Niagara River Connecting New York with Ontario (1850′s/1860′s)
Glass stereoview of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge across the Niagara River connecting New York with Ontario, c. 1850′s/1860′s. Niagara Falls is visible in the background.
Source: New York Public Library.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Daguerreotype View of Native American Tipis and the John Harrington Stevens House on Ground That Would Later Become the Gateway District of Minneapolis, Minnesota (1850's)
Daguerreotype view of Native American tipis and the John Harrington Stevens House on ground that would later become the Gateway District of Minneapolis, Minnesota, c. 1852-1855. By Tallmadge Elwell.
Source: Minnesota Historical Society.
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Saturday, March 24, 2018
View of People Posing in Front of Shops Along Main Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1867)
View of people posing along Main Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1867. By James E. Morse. From the book Fitchburg Past and Present by William Andrew Emerson published in 1903.
Portrait of Future Opera Singer Adelina Patti Pointing at a Print of Swedish Opera Singer Jenny Lind (1854)
Portrait of future opera singer Adelina Patti pointing at a print of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind, c. 1854. By American photographer Frederick DeBourg Richards.
Source: Library of Congress.
Daguerreotype View of a House at the Corner of Chestnut Street and Strawberry Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1845)
Daguerreotype view of a house at the corner of Chestnut Street and Strawberry Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1845. By William Young McAllister.
Source: Library of Congress.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
View Taken During the Laying of the Cornerstone Ceremony of Rollstone Church in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1868)
View taken during the laying of the cornerstone ceremony of Rollstone Church in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, October 5, 1868. From the book Fitchburg Past and Present by William Andrew Emerson published in 1903.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Glass Stereoview of George Washington’s Mount Vernon Plantation House in Fairfax County, Virginia (1850′s)
Glass stereoview of George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation house in Fairfax County, Virginia, c. 1850′s. It was probably owned by John Augustine Washington, a great grandnephew of George Washington, at the time that the photograph was taken by the Langenheim brothers.
Source: New York Public Library.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Portrait of Students and Teachers Posing in Front of Boonville Female College in Boonville, Missouri (1868)
Portrait of students and teachers posing in front of Boonville Female College in Boonville, Missouri, c. 1868.
Source: Library of Congress.
Monday, March 19, 2018
Portrait of a Group of African American and White Men Posing Along a Street Titled “Roustabouts on the Levee” in St. Louis, Missouri, c. (1880's/1890's)
Portrait of a group of African American and white men posing along a street titled “Roustabouts on the Levee” in St. Louis, Missouri, c. 1883-1893.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Saturday, March 17, 2018
View of the Virginia Washington Monument Taken on the Day of Its Unveiling in Richmond, Virginia (1858)
View of onlookers and the Virginia Washington Monument taken on the day of its unveiling in Richmond, Virginia, February 22, 1858.
Source: Library of Congress.
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