Daguerreotype With Multiple Exposures of the Moon Taken With a Telescope Probably by French Photographer Antoine-François-Jean Claudet (1840's/1850's)

Daguerreotype with at least 18 exposures of the moon taken with a telescope probably by French photographer Antoine-François-Jean Claudet, c. 1846-1852. British photographer John Jabez Edwin Mayall is also credited with taking the daguerreotype.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Daguerreotype Self-Portrait of a Man Believed to be John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1844)

 

Daguerreotype self-portrait of a man believed to be John Jabez Edwin Mayall, c. 1844.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of Five Members of the Virginia Military Institute Gymnasium Club From the 1885 Edition of VMI’s Yearbook Named The Bomb

Portrait of five members of the Virginia Military Institute Gymnasium Club from the 1885 edition of VMI’s yearbook named The Bomb.

Source: Virginia Military Institute.

Stereoview Portrait of a Group Posing on a Bridge Or Pier in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (1860)

Stereoview portrait of a group posing on a bridge or pier in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, 1860. By photography firm Osborn and Durbec.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of People Posing in the H. Moschke Ltd. Store in Pietersburg, South Africa (1900's)

Portrait of people posing in the H. Moschke Ltd. store in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), South Africa, c. 1900-1910. Published by the Detroit Publishing Company.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of a Woman Spinning Wool Somewhere in Algeria (1800's)

Portrait of a woman spinning wool somewhere in Algeria, c. 1870-1900. Published by French photography firm Neurdein Brothers.

Source: Library of Congress.

Carte De Visite Portrait of Jane Kettle Taken By Photographer J.W. Gilmor of Colchester, England (1864)

Carte de visite portrait of Jane Kettle taken by photographer J.W. Gilmor of Colchester, England, July 1864.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Carte De Visite Portrait of a Japanese Family (1860's/1870's)

Carte de visite portrait of a Japanese family, c. 1860-1880.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Portrait of Dr. Charles Robinson of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (1857)

Portrait of Dr. Charles Robinson of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1857. From the book Fitchburg Past and Present by William Andrew Emerson published in 1903.

Daguerreotype View of a Crowd in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City Taken By An Unidentified Italian Photographer in Rome, The Papal States (1845)

Daguerreotype view of a crowd in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City taken by an unidentified Italian photographer in Rome, the Papal States, c. 1845. One of the earliest photographs of Vatican City.

Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum.