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Carte de visite view of a busy Rue de Rivoli in Paris, France, c. 1860′s.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
View of Cheapside in London, England, c. 1900.
Source: Library of Congress.
Animated stereoview of people posing in front of second-hand shops in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1900. By Carleton H. Graves.
A group posing in front of Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1850′s. By Frederick De Bourg Richards.
Looped sequence of four photographs taken in quick succession with a 4-lens stereoscopic camera of pedestrian and carriage traffic in front of the Marshall House (large building in foreground on right) in Alexandria, Virginia, during the Civil War. Attributed to Mathew Brady.
View of the Charleston Hotel on Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, 1863. A rare street scene taken while the city was still under Confederate control. By George S. Cook.
Daguerreotype view of the intersection of State and Main Streets in Rochester, New York, c. 1852. By Edward Tompkins Whitney.
A group of people posing in front of the White House, Washington, D.C., 1866. By G.D. Wakely.
Time-lapse view Independence Avenue with the Smithsonian Castle and the United States Capitol in the distance taken during the Civil War in Washington, D.C., c. 1863. The US Capitol dome is said to still be under construction. Attributed to Mathew Brady.
View of Main Street shortly after the end of the Civil War in Lexington, Virginia, 1865. The ruins of the Virginia Military Institute Barracks building, which was burned by Union forces in an 1864 raid, can be seen in the far distance.
Post Office, Washington, D.C. John Plumbe, Jr., 1809-1857
ca. 1846 daguerreotype Overall: 10.8 x 14 cm (4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.) 1/2 plate National Origin: United States Geo Place: Washington, DC, US
Spectators viewing the aftermath of a fire in the offices of the Daily Morning Call newspaper at the southeast corner of Clay and Montgomery Streets in San Francisco, California, 1859.
View of a busy street in London with St Paul's Cathedral in the background. By Underwood & Underwood. Animated stereoview.
Instantaneous view of carriage and pedestrian traffic on Broadway after a rainstorm, New York City, c. 1860. By E. & H. T. Anthony & Company.
View of carriage and pedestrian traffic crossing London Bridge over the Thames River, London, c. 1896. Published by Strohmeyer and Wyman. Animated stereoview.
Daguerreotype view of a of pedestrians crossing a bridge over the Rhône River in Geneva, Switzerland, c. 1847. By Jean-Gabriel Eynard.
Two panoramic views of Paris, c. 1845. By Friedrich von Martens.
