Chooeubhaokhaossian the Great's Temple of History

A collection of photographs of Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), and the Potomac River taken between 1859 and 1861. These are some of the earliest photographs taken in Harpers Ferry. The photos were published by Edward Anthony and the New York Stereoscopic Company.

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

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.

Daguerreotype portrait of two men posing with the grave of Solomon Harthorn somewhere in California, c. 1853.

Source: Sotheby’s.

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

Source: California Digital Library.

American tintype portrait of a white banjo player and a black fiddle player, c. 1860-1880.

Source: Sotheby’s.

Tintype portrait of a group of armed hunters posing with their catch of game birds and a dog, c. 1880-1900.

Source: Library of Congress.

Tintype view of a street probably in Masontown, Pennsylvania, c. 1880′s. The house visible on the left is under construction.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

View of people posing along a street in Richmond, Ohio, c. 1880′s. By photography firm D. Filson and Son.

Source: New York Public Library.

A collection of mugshots of American criminals taken by Hungarian photographer Samuel G. Szabó in 1857 (Part 8). This is the earliest set of mugshots from the United States I have come across. Original captions are in quotations.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Stereoview portrait of a sleeping dog by photographer Julius Hall of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, c. 1860-1880.

Source: New York Public Library.

A collection of mugshots of American criminals taken by Hungarian photographer Samuel G. Szabó in 1857 (Part 7). This is the earliest set of mugshots from the United States I have come across. Original captions are in quotations.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Portrait of an unidentified girl taken by an American photographer, c. 1850′s/1860′s.

Source: Library of Congress.

Tintype portrait of an unidentified African American woman, c. 1870′s/1880′s.

Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Tintype portrait of a group of young men and women wearing bathing suits taken somewhere in the United States, c. 1880-1900.

Source: Rijksmuseum.

Portrait of Union soldiers serving with Company H of the 196th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment posing in a camp in Springfield, Illinois, October 10, 1864.

Source: Missouri History Museum.

A collection of mugshots of criminals arrested in Sacramento, California, taken in 1869. (Part 3)