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
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Derrick Worker on the Empire State Building	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
High on the Empire State Building, N.Y.	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 7)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1929	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1929	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1929	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 1)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1929	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 2)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1929	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 3)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1929	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 5)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1929	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 4)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1929	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 8)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1929	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, from Set A (Third Set, Print 6)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1929	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
From Room "3003" - The Shelton, New York, Looking Northeast	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1927	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Dorothy Norman	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	c. 1931	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
The Dying Chestnut Tree—My Teacher	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1927	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1927	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1927	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1926	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Czech Grandmother, Ellis Island	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1926	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Syrian-Arab, Ellis Island	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1926	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
German Family, Interpreter and Recorder at Ellis Island	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1926	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Jewish Grandmother, Ellis Island	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1926	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
The Old Maple—Lake George	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1926	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1926	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
A Close-Up at Ellis Island	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	1926	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Oklahoma Madonna, (Red Cross Drought Service)	Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940	c. 1930	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1925	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1925	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1925	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1925	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	c. 1929	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1924	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
First Snow and the Little House	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Arthur G. Dove	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Sherwood Anderson	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Sherwood Anderson	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Sherwood Anderson	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Window: Wood, Glass, Snow	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, Spiritual America	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, from Set E (print 2)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, from Set E (Print 1)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent, from Set E (Print 3)	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Equivalent	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Sherwood Anderson	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1923	printing_dyeing	Americas	false
Georgia O'Keeffe	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1922	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Rebecca Salsbury Strand	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1922	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Rebecca Salsbury Strand	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1922	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Rebecca Salsbury Strand	Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946	1922	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false