View of People Posing Along a Street in Richmond, Ohio (1880′s)

View of people posing along a street in Richmond, Ohio, c. 1880′s. By photography firm D. Filson and Son.

Source: New York Public Library.

Christmas Still Life Stereoview of a Decorated Cross Titled "Christmas Eve" (1860's)

Christmas still life stereoview of a decorated cross titled "Christmas Eve", c. 1860's. By Benjamin Kilburn West.

Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum.

Stereoview Portrait of an Unidentified Woman (1860′s/1870′s)

Stereoview portrait of an unidentified woman, c. 1860′s/1870′s.

Source: Library of Congress.

Stereoview Portrait of a Sleeping Dog by Photographer Julius Hall of Great Barrington, Massachusetts (1800s)

Stereoview portrait of a sleeping dog by photographer Julius Hall of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, c. 1860-1880.

Source: New York Public Library.

Portrait of an Unidentified Girl Taken By an Unidentified American Photographer (1850′s/1860′s)

Portrait of an unidentified girl taken by an unidentified American photographer, c. 1850′s/1860′s.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of American Stage Actor Joseph Jefferson Dressed as Old Rip Van Winkle Taken by Napoleon Sarony (1869)

Portrait of American stage actor Joseph Jefferson dressed as old Rip Van Winkle by Napoleon Sarony, 1869. From an edition of the book Rip Van Winkle A Legend of the Kaatskill Mountains by Washington Irving published in 1871.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Children Watching a Public Health Film Projected on the Bermondsey Borough Health Propaganda Cinemotor Truck in the Bermondsey Section of London, England (1938)

Children watching a public health film projected on the Bermondsey Borough Health Propaganda Cinemotor truck in the Bermondsey section of London, England, 1938.
 
Source: Wellcome Images.

Daguerreotype Portrait of 11-Year-Old Elihu Vedder Dressed As a Schoolboy (1847)

Daguerreotype portrait of 11-year-old Elihu Vedder dressed as a schoolboy, c. 1847. He would go on to be a noted American symbolist painter, book illustrator, and poet.

Source: Archives of American Art.

Tintype Portrait of a Group of Young Men and Women Wearing Bathing Suits Taken Somewhere in the United States (1880's/1890's)

Tintype portrait of a group of young men and women wearing bathing suits taken somewhere in the United States, c. 1880-1900.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Tintype Portrait of Three Men Smoking Cigars (1880's/1890's)

Tintype portrait of three men smoking cigars, c. 1880-1900.

Rijksmuseum.