Photographs

This class includes photographs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This class includes daguerreotypes, tin types, cabinet cards and many others.

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On Brooklyn Bridge, New York, U.S.A.

Stand ard Series

The stereograph features a black and white image of pedestrian walking across a bridge. The photograph is mounted on a cream card with rounded corners.
The Cortege Leaving the White House, President McKinley's Funeral, Sept. 17, 1901, Washington.

Underwood and Underwood

The stereograph contains a black and white image of several horses and carriages lined up along a road that is surrounded by a covering of trees. In front of the carriages, a large crowd of people walk in the street. The image is adhered to a peach-colored paper card mount.
Gold Miners and packers on Dyea Trail, Alaska

Keystone View Company and B. L. Singley

The stereograph contains a black and white image of six miners standing to the right with a cart. An additional miner stands on a cart to the left, while two other miners bend over the cart behind him. A long line of miners also stand in the distance with packs on their backs. The image is adhered to an orange-colored paper card mount.
Piano in the Parlor

The stereograph contains a color image of four women and two men in a parlor. One woman is seated and playing at a piano while a man sits to her proper left. Two people, a man and woman, stand to the right of the piano and watch. The remaining two women are seated at chairs just behind the piano player. The image appears on a brownish card mount.
Wall Street and Trinity Church

The stereograph features a black and white image of a busy roadway. Horses and carriages line the street, and pedestrians pass on the sidewalk. Buildings line each side of the road. The albumen print is mounted on a yellow card with rounded corners.
Mr. R. W. Sears, President Sears, Roebuck & Co., at His Desk

The stereograph contains an image of Richard Warren Sears, the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company. In the image, Sears wears a suit and tie and sits at a desk in an office. The desk contains numerous catalogs, papers, and a telephone. The image is adhered to a cream-colored paper card mount.
American Fall from Goat Island -- Niagara

George Barker

The stereograph features a black and white image taken from atop the falls. Trees line the back edge of the falls. The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
Boat Landing.

The image contains a black and white image of seven boys standing underneath an awning in front of a lake in Central Park. The image appears on a yellow card mount.
Fountain in Central Park

The image contains a black and white image of two men standing in front of a fountain in Central park. There are several individuals at the fountains and one female to the left of the image by a staircase. The image is on an orange-colored mount.
Market Place, Cologne, Germany

John F. Jarvis and Underwood and Underwood

The stereograph contains a black and white image of a market place filled with people, tables, and goods in Cologne, Germany. Goods such as vegetables and flowers appear to be for sale. The card is adhered to a peach-colored paper card mount, and on the card's reverse, multiple pencil lines appear.
Lincoln Statue of Emancipation, Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Underwood and Underwood

The stereograph features a black and white image of a statue featuring Abraham Lincoln standing by a kneeling male slave, his proper left hand raised as he is about to emancipate the slave. In his proper right hand, which rests on a bronze podium, Lincoln holds an unrolled copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. To the rear of the figures is a whipping post, chains, shackles, and a frayed whip. On each corner of the podium are fasces and around the base of the podium are thirteen stars. A bas-relief of George Washington decorates the angled face of the podium and a Union shield decorates the inner face of the podium. The albumen print is mounted on a gray card with rounded edges.
A Family Sitting on a Porch

The stereograph contains a black and white image of people seated on the porch of a stone house. Several trees and other natural vegetation make up the image's foreground. The image is on a orange-colored paper card mount.
Hermit's Cascade Winter Niagara N.Y.

Charles Bierstadt

The stereograph features a black and white image of icicles formed on a rock structure. Rocks and trees make up the background. The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
Niagara Falls

American Scenery

The stereograph features a black and white image of Niagara Falls taken from a bird's-eye view. The roofs of several buildings as well as the tops of trees may be seen in the image's foreground. The image is mounted on a peach card with rounded corners.
Rejected Swell

The stereograph contains a black and white image of two men and a woman standing outside. The woman stands in a door frame and looks at the man to her left, who is standing on the stoop holding a cane. The other man is standing to the woman's right and holds a saw. The image is on a yellow-card paper mount.
Abraham Lincoln statue located in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

The stereograph features a black and white image of the Abraham Lincoln statue located in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The statue depicts a seated Lincoln atop a tall base. The albumen print is mounted on a yellow card with rounded corners.
View on the Drive

Continent Stereoscopic Company Publishers

The stereograph contain a black and white image of three boys in a buggy with horse. The image is on a yellow card mount.
Elephants, Central Park, N.Y.

Alfred S. Campbell

The stereograph contains a black and white image of a crowd surrounding multiple elephants in Central Park. The image is mounted on a peach-colored card mount.
Carousal [sic], Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.

American Views

The stereograph features a black and white image of a crowd full of men, women, and children standing beneath a carousel. The albumen print is mounted on a gray card with rounded corners.
Clinton Hall, Astor Place

American Views

The stereograph features a black and white image of a row of buildings. A horse and buggy sit on the curbside atop a brick roadway. The albumen print is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
The Martyrs--Lincoln & Garfield. Los Martirs--Lincoln y Garfield.

Littleton View Co.

The stereograph features a black and white image of skeleton leaf memorial for Abraham Lincoln and James A. Garfield. At the center of the memorial sits a portrait of each president. The portraits are surrounded by skeleton leaves. The albumen print is mounted on a cream card with rounded corners.
The Devil's Hole, Niagara N.Y.

Charles Bierstadt

The stereograph features a black and white image of a cave surrounded by stones. The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
New Suspension Bridge from Elevator Tower-Niagara

George Barker

The stereograph features a black and white image from atop of a suspension bridge. Suspension wires may be seen on each side. Water is pictured below and trees line the background. The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
The Milburn House, where President McKinley Died, Buffalo, N.Y.

The stereograph contains a black and white image of an ivy-clad, three-story home with two chimneys. A man sits on a carriage parked along the curbside while four pedestrians pass on the sidewalk. The image is adhered to a gray-colored paper card mount, which features a decorative border on the left and right edges of the card's front.
American Fall and Shadow of the Rock

George Barker

The stereograph features a black and white image of the silhouette of a rock structure and a walkway. A man stands on the walkway. A waterfall is pictured in the background. The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.