Portrait of Two Men Posing in the Interior of the Merchants' Exchange Building Along Wall Street in New York City Taken By George Stacy (1860)

Portrait of two men posing in the interior of the Merchants' Exchange building along Wall Street in New York City, New York, c. 1860. Taken by photographer George Stacy. Today, a renovated version of the building is known as 55 Wall Street.

Source: New York Public Library.

Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Reading a Book on the Porch of His House in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Taken by the Langenheim Brothers (1856)

 

Portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow posing on the porch of his house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, c. 1856. Taken by the Langenheim Brothers. 

 Source: New York Public Library.

Two Portraits of Men Posing in the Interior of the Paul & Curtis Photography Store Along Broadway in New York City, c. 1860s

 

 

Two portraits of men posing in the interior of the Paul & Curtis photography store along Broadway in New York City, New York, c. 1860s.

Source: Library of Congress.

Link to my video collection of photos of the interior of businesses in New York City.

Photo Looking Down Pennsylvania Avenue Taken From The US Capitol By Photographer William England (1859)

Photo looking down Pennsylvania Avenue taken from the US Capitol by photographer William England, c. 1859. Originally published by the London Stereoscopic Company.

Source: Library of Congress.

Engraving of a Lost Photo of Photographer Jeremiah Gurney From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (1859)

 

 

Engraving of photographer Jeremiah Gurney from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper published on September 24, 1859. The image is probably based on a lost photo portrait of him.

Source: Archive.org.

Animated Time-Lapse Daguerreotype View of the Grave of Henry Clay, Jr. in Mexico During the Mexican-American War (1847)

 

 

Animated time-lapse daguerreotype view of the grave of Henry Clay, Jr. in Mexico taken by an unidentified photographer during the Mexican-American War, c. 1847. Lieutenant Colonel Clay was killed at the Battle of Buena Vista in February 1847. It is unclear which grave was his, why the crosses seemed to be switched around between photos and also why the camera was moved.

 Source: Amon Carter Museum of American Art.

Animated Time-Lapse Daguerreotype Portrait of General John Wool With His Staff and Mexican Civilians in a Street in Saltillo, Mexico, During the Mexican-American War (1847)

Animated time-lapse daguerreotype portrait of General John Wool with his staff and Mexican civilians in a street in Saltillo, Mexico, taken by an unidentified photographer during the Mexican-American War 1847.

 Source: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Animated Time-Lapse Daguerreotype View of American Soldiers of the Virginia Regiment and Webster's Battalion in a Street in Saltillo, Mexico, During the Mexican-American War (1847)

Animated time-lapse daguerreotype view of American soldiers of the Virginia Regiment and Webster's Battalion in a street in Saltillo, Mexico, taken by an unidentified photographer during the Mexican-American War, c. 1847. It seems that the camera was moved slightly between photos and as a result they do not line up very well.

Sources: Amon Carter Museum of American Art and the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the Yale University Library.

Animated Time-Lapse Daguerreotype View of People in a Street in Durango-Mexico During the Mexican-American War (1847)

 

Animated time-lapse daguerreotype view of people and a horse in a street in Durango, Mexico, taken by an unidentified American photographer during the Mexican-American War, c. 1847. The Church of Santa Ana and a hilly area known Cerro de Mercado are visible in the distance.

Source: Amon Carter Museum of American Art.

View of the Winter Camp of the 2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Massachusetts Volunteers on Ayr Hill in Vienna, Virginia, During the American Civil War (1863-1864)

View of the winter camp of the 2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Massachusetts Volunteers on Ayr Hill in Vienna, Virginia, during the American Civil War, c. 1863-1864. From the book Field, Camp, Hospital and Prison in the Civil War, 1863-1865 by Charles A. Humphreys published in 1918.

Source: California Digital Library.