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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4th Ave Looking Up
American Views
The stereograph features a black and white image of a brick roadway. Sidewalks and buildings line either side of the street. The albumen print is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
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American Fall and Great Ice Bridge of 1879
George Barker
The stereograph features a black and white image of a male child climbing an ice mound. The falls are pictured in the background. The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
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Sunlight and Shadow, Luna Island Winter Niagara N.Y.
Charles Bierstadt
The stereograph featurs a black and white image of ice-covered trees and ground. A building stands in the far distance. The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
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Admiral Dewey Receiving the Nation's Sword from President McKinley at the U.S. Capitol.
John F. Jarvis and Underwood and Underwood
The stereograph contains a black and white image of President McKinley and an unidentified man with their backs to the photographer. A sword is being presented to Admiral Dewey (forward-facing), an Admiral of the Navy during the battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. Admiral Dewey is also known for his role during the capture of New Orleans and the siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War. The image is on a peach-colored paper card mount.
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Charlie Ross the Stolen Child.
I. L. Rogers
The stereograph contains a sepia-toned image of skeleton leaf arrangement in memory of Charlie Ross, whose portrait appears at the base of the arrangement. Ross was the first child to be kidnapped for ransom in the United States. The image is adhered to a cream-colored paper card mount.
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New Suspension Bridge and Falls of Niagara
American Scenery
The stereograph features a black and white image of a horse-drawn carriage and men crossing a bridge across Niagara Falls (possibly the Niagara Clifton Bridge). The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
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The President and Mrs. McKinley
Keystone View Company
The stereograph contains a black and white image of President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley surrounded by flowers. President McKinley is on the left of the image and Mrs. McKinley is on the right of the image. The two images are separated by a vertical row of flowers. The image is on a peach-colored paper card mount.
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American Fall and Great Ice Bridge of 1879
George Barker
The stereograph features a black and white image of a male child climbing an ice mound. The falls are pictured in the background. The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
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View in Central Park, N.Y.
Forsyth and Wilson
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a several horse carriages lined up in Central Park. The image is mounted on a yellow card mount.
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Babes in the Wood
The stereograph contains a hand-colored image of a man and woman seated and locked in stocks. The background contains trees and a sign in the distance. The image is on a light-gray paper card mount.
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Horseshoe Fall -- Canada Side
George Barker
The stereograph features a black and white image of the edge of the falls at their waterline. Trees line the background. The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
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The Morgue After the Snow slide, April 3, 1898, Sheep Camp, Alaska.
Keystone View Company and B. L. Singley
The stereograph contains a black and white image of men crowding together in a mining camp around a dedicated mortuary tent. Additional tents and buildings are pictured in the image with mountains in the background. The image is adhered to an orange-colored paper card mount.
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Columbia College 4th Ave.
The stereograph features a black and white image of four boys seated on a fence line. A five-story (approximately) brick building stands in the background. The albumen print is mounted on an orange card with rounded corners.
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Moonlight Effect, Niagara N.Y.
Charles Bierstadt
The stereograph features a black and white image of a silhouette of two people seated in a rowboat atop a body of water. Trees line the horizon and clouds fill the sky. The images is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
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Rev. Henry Ward Beecher at his Farm, Peekskill, N.Y.
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a horse and wagon parked in front of a wooden building. A woman wearing a dress stands near the horse's head, while a man sits on the wagon and another man stands at the wagon's rear. The wagon contains multiple leafy plants. A large wooden structure stands behind the wagon and the three individuals. The image is adhered to a cardboard mount.
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To live in hearts we leave behind, Is not to die.
Keystone View Company and B. L. Singley
The stereograph features a black and white image of two female children kneeling in prayer at a memorial for assassinated presidents, Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, and William McKinley. Portraits of each of the presidents are hung with flags, ribbons, and flowers surrounding them. The death date of each president is hung beneath the portraits. A floral arrangement sits on the ground and is adorned with an inscription. A woman stands behind the display and is dressed as an angel. The albumen print is mounted on a cream card with rounded edges.
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Enjoying a Day on the Porch
The stereograph contains a sepia-toned image of a man dressed in a suit and hat standing in front of a porch. Two men stand on the porch's steps while five other people (one woman, one girl, two men, and one boy) sit on the porch. Greenery grows across the porch's roof and several plants line the porch. Behind the people are several signs that are unintelligible. The image is adhered to a yellow-colored paper card mount.
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Skeleton Leaves of Hayes and Wheeler
I. L. Rogers
The stereograph contains a sepia-toned image of a skeleton leaf arrangement in honor of Rutherford B. Hayes (the nineteenth President of the United States) and William A. Wheeler (the nineteenth Vice-President of the United States). Portrait images of Hayes and Wheeler appear at the base of the arrangement. The image is adhered to an off-white paper card mount.
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The "Red Front Store," Sheep Camp, Alaska
Keystone View Company and B. L. Singley
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a storefront selling mining supplies such as boots, packs, ropes, pans, etc. Additionally, two men are standing at the Red Front Store's entrance. A tree-line mountain appears in the background of the image. The image is adhered to an orange-colored paper card mount.
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The Martyred Presidents, Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley
Carlton Harlow Graves
The stereograph features a black and white image of three portraits hung on a wall, which include Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, and James A. Garfield. A table decorated with flowers sits in front of the portraits and an arch of flowers hangs overhead. The albumen print is mounted on a gray card with rounded corners.
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A Klondike Camp
The stereograph contains a color image of a man standing on a pathway in a Klondike camp with a dog laying in front of him. A line of log buildings stands behind the man, and several tree stumps are pictured throughout the camp. The image and a green-colored border are printed on a paper card mount.
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Interior of Heimbold's Drug Store Broadway
American Views
The stereograph features a black and white image of the interior of a store. The floor is a checkered design, and a counter surrounds the parameter of the store. Shelves full of various supplies stand behind the counters, and globe chandeliers hang from the ceiling. The albumen print is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges.
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Lover's Path
The stereograph contains a black and white image of two women and three children standing on a pathway in Central Park. The image is on an orange-colored mount.
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Emancipation Monument
A.A. Childs and Co
The stereograph features a black and white image of a small statue featuring Abraham Lincoln standing by a kneeling male slave with his proper left hand raised as he is about to emancipate the slave (a small replica of the much larger Emancipation Monument). In his proper right hand, which rests on a bronze podium, Lincoln holds an unrolled copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. The albumen print is mounted on a yellow card with squared corners.
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Taking in Washing
Keystone View Company
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a goat chewing on hanging laundry. The laundry hangs outside on a clothesline, and several buildings stand in the background. The image is on a peach-colored mount.
