Early Photography Archive

Name: Early Photography Archive
Creator: Analog Photo Today
License: Open-access data is CC0; public-domain images are served via IIIF links without redistribution.

The Early Photography Archive presents public-domain photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago photography and media collection, with artist, process and dating context, drawn from the CC0 API and refreshed monthly. Every record links the museum page and adds technique family, origin region and era labels from our pipeline.

Records: 4,070
Last changed: 09/02/2026
Update schedule: 27 5 2 * * UTC
Coverage: 03/03/2026–09/02/2026
Method: Methodology

Photograph	Artist	Date	Technique	Origin	On view
Kelmscott Manor: Front Aspect	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	1896	other	Europe	false
Kelmscott Manor: In the Tapestry Room	Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943	1896	other	Europe	false
Olivier, Nice (Olive Tree, Nice)	Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget French, 1857–1927	c. 1900	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Working a little bunch in the hills	Laton Alton Huffman American, 1854–1931	c. 1900	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, California	B. W. Kilburn American, 1827–1909	1895	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Glories of Mt. Washington, Midwinter	B. W. Kilburn American, 1827–1909	1895	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Asia (Zit-kala-za)	Joseph T. Keiley American, 1869–1914	c. 1900	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Listening to the Crickets	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	c. 1900	other	Americas	false
Oaklawn House, (East Side)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	c. 1900	other	Americas	false
Queen Chewa of Tewa	Adam Clark Vroman American 1856–1916	n.d. (c. 1900)	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Portrait of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe	Sarah Choate Sears American, 1858–1935	c. 1900	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
A Wet Day on the Boulevard, Paris	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864-1946	1894	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
A Wet Day on the Boulevard, Paris	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1894, printed 1918/32	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
A Wet Day on the Boulevard, Paris	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946 Publisher: R. H. Russell American, Unknown	1894, printed c. 1897	other	Americas	false
On the Seine—Near Paris	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1894, printed 1897	other	Americas	false
Scurrying Home, from the portfolio "Picturesque Bits of New York and Other Studies"	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946 Publisher: R. H. Russell American, Unknown	1894, printed 1897	other	Americas	false
Venice	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1894, printed 1920/39	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
The Lambing Camp	Laton Alton Huffman American, 1854–1931	1894	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Mid Snow and Ice	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1894, printed 1920/39	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
My Father	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1894, printed 1920/39	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
The Net Mender	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1894	printing_dyeing	Americas	false
Early Morn, from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Series I" (1899); edition 146/150	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1894	other	Americas	false
Shylock-A Sketch, No. 9 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Series II” (1901)	Joseph T. Keiley American, 1869–1914	c. 1899	other	Americas	false
Edge of Woods, No. 10 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Series II” (1901); edition 34/150	Clarence H. White American, 1871–1925	c. 1899	other	Americas	false
A Study Head, No. 14 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Series II” (1901)	Eva Lawrence Watson-Schütze American, 1867–1935	c. 1899	other	Americas	false
Mirror Lake, Yosemite, California	B. W. Kilburn American, 1827–1909	1894	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
In Midair 3000 feet from anywhere, Yosemite, Cal.	B. W. Kilburn American, 1827–1909	1894	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Her Guardian Angel	Keystone View Company American, 1892-1963	1894	printing_dyeing photography	other	false
Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz	Frank Eugene American, 1865–1936	c. 1899	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
A Venetian Canal	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946 Publisher: R. H. Russell American, Unknown	1894, printed 1897	other	Americas	false
Reflections—Venice	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946 Publisher: R. H. Russell American, Unknown	1894, printed 1897	other	Americas	false
A Study, No. 16 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Series II” (1901)	J. Wells Champney American, 1843–1903	c. 1899	other	Americas	false
Spinning, No. 18 from the portfolio "American Pictorial Photography, Series II” (1901)	Emilie V. Clarkson American, 1863–1946	c. 1898	other	Americas	false
Gutach	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1894	other	Americas	false
Self-Portrait	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1894	other	Americas	false
"A Farmer's Life for Me"	Underwood & Underwood American, active 1881-1920	1894	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
The Terminal	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1893, printed 1920/39	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Portrait of Marian Deering McCormick	Artist unknown American, 19th century	1893/94	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
The Illumination, Chicago Day, World's Columbian Exposition	B. W. Kilburn American, 1827–1909	1893	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
The Terminal	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1893	other	Americas	false
Did any of them get away?	B. W. Kilburn American, 1827–1909	1893	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
The Ferris Wheel	Henry Hamilton Bennett American, born Canada, 1843-1908	1893	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
The old well, En Royel, from the series "The Chicago Panorama of The Crucifixion"	Henry Hamilton Bennett American, born Canada, 1843-1908	1893	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Eastern end of Mount Zion or City of David, from the series "The Chicago Panorama of The Crucifixion"	Henry Hamilton Bennett American, born Canada, 1843-1908	1893	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Interior View, Libby Prison, from the series "Views at Libby Prison, Chicago"	Henry Hamilton Bennett American, born Canada, 1843-1908	1893	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Golgotha and the Crucifixion, from the series "The Chicago Panorama of The Crucifixion"	Henry Hamilton Bennett American, born Canada, 1843-1908	1893	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Aphrodite; Herkales and Venus de Medici; Art Institute, from the series "Chicago and Vicinity"	Henry Hamilton Bennett American, born Canada, 1843-1908	1893	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Venus de Medici and Herkales; Art Institute, from the series "Chicago and Vicinity"	Henry Hamilton Bennett American, born Canada, 1843-1908	1893	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
French Historic Sculpture; Room 11 Art Institute, from the series "Chicago and Vicinity"	Henry Hamilton Bennett American, born Canada, 1843-1908	1893	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
The Farnese Bull; Art Institute, from the series "Chicago and Vicinity"	Henry Hamilton Bennett American, born Canada, 1843-1908	1893	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false