This post was originally published on this siteA hundred and fifty years ago, shortly after the invention of photography, some police departments began making images […]
This post was originally published on this siteTempest Anderson, who was born in York in 1846, was a fearless explorer who discovered how volcanoes erupted. […]
This post was originally published on this sitePittsburgh native Walter McClintock graduated from Yale in 1891. In 1896 he traveled west as a photographer for […]
This post was originally published on this sitePhotochromes are vibrant and nuanced prints hand-colored from black-and-white negatives. Created using a process pioneered in the 1880s, […]
This post was originally published on this siteThese fascinating colorized photos bring to life the men who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. The striking images, featured in […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, “Our American Cousin,” […]
This post was originally published on this siteJim Edmonson of the Dittrick Museum has shared a wonderful post on his museum blog about a rare […]
This post was originally published on this siteGustave Le Gray (1820 – 1884) has been called “the most important French photographer of the nineteenth century” […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn the spring of 1980, just after the release of their eighth studio album Unmasked, guitarist and co-lead […]
This post was originally published on this siteFirst appeared during the 1830s, the Welsh hat worn by women as part of Welsh national costume is […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was […]
This post was originally published on this siteProbably because of anger, unhappiness, or discomfort while posing for photographing, portraits of these Victorian children are so awful.
This post was originally published on this siteWilliam Morris Grundy was a British visual artist who was born in 1806. He took up photography in […]
This post was originally published on this siteGertrude Kasebier took on photography after having studied at the Pratt Institute in New York. A rare female […]
This post was originally published on this siteImages of Americans who fought in the Revolution are exceptionally rare because few of the Patriots of 1775-’83 […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe series of stunning photographs show a young couple dressed in opulent clothing, teenage girls with their hair […]
This post was originally published on this siteThat’s what Paris looked like from between the 1850s and the late 1860s. Vue Prise du Pont Notre-Dame, […]
This post was originally published on this siteNathan Straus was one of the greatest retail merchants in American history, a co-owner of the Macy’s and […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn the 1830s, the railroad boom started a new era in the building of railroad bridges pushing engineers […]
This post was originally published on this siteGeorge Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is […]
This post was originally published on this siteMarcus Selmer (1819-1900) was a Danish photographer who worked in Norway. He became Bergens first established photographer in […]
This post was originally published on this siteIf you are a car lover you have probably asked yourself many times: “When, where and how was […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1881, after working for many years with the European photographers Felice Beato and Baron Raimund von Stillfried […]
This post was originally published on this siteThat’s what the graduates looked like over 100 years ago.
This post was originally published on this siteHere is a collection of colorized photos that shows Japanese girls playing musical instruments from the late 19th […]
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