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
Street Life in London	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
Street Doctors	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
Street Advertising	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
"Caney" the Clown	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
Dealer in Fancy-Ware	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
The Temperance Sweep	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
The Dramatic Shoe-Black	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
"Tickets" the Card-Dealer	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
Halfpenny Ices	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
Black Jack	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
Cast-Iron Billy	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
Workers on the "Silent Highway"	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
"Strawberries. All ripe! All ripe!"	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
The London Boardmen	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
The Water-Cart	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
November Effigies	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
The "Crawlers"	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
Italian Street Musicians	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
The Seller of Shell-Fish	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
The Independent Shoe-Black	John Thomson Scottish, 1837–1921	1877	woodwork	Europe	false
Study of Leaves	Amelia Bergner American, 1856–1923	1877	other	Americas	false
Untitled (Ashton Station, Michigan)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1877	other	Americas	false
Auguste Ambroise Tardieu (French doctor and forensic scientist, 1818-1879)	Goupil and Cie French, active 1839-1880s	1876/79	woodwork	Europe	false
Paul de Cassagnac (French writer and political journalist, 1842-1904)	C. Klary French, 19th century	1876/79	woodwork	Europe	false
Successful Hunters dressing Elk, No. 56 from the series "Yellowstone National Park Views"	William I. Marshall American, active late 19th century	1876	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Giant's Gateway, Cañon of North Fork, No. 83 from the series "Yellowstone National Park Views"	William I. Marshall American, active late 19th century	1876	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
The Centennial Gerneral View from George's Hill Showing Camp of West Point Cadets, No. 1016 from the series "Niagara Falls, New York"	George Barker American, born Canada, 1844–1894	1876	printing_dyeing photography	other	false
Untitled (Portrait of Man)	E. J. Dunshee American, 19th century	1876	printing_dyeing photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Group Portrait of Children)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1875	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of Standing Two Men Holding Tools)	Jesse Harrison Whitehurst American, 1819–1875	1875	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1875	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of Two Young Men and One Young Woman)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1875	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Woman)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1875	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1875	photography	Americas	false
Untitled (Portrait of a Standing Man)	Unknown maker American, 19th century	1875	photography	Americas	false
Deaf Bull	Laton Alton Huffman American, 1854–1931	c. 1880	printing_dyeing metalwork photography	Americas	false
Émile Angier	Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon French, 1811–1881	1876/84	woodwork	Europe	false
Sinhalese Woman	Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815–1879	1875/78	printing_dyeing photography	Europe	false
Henri-Victor de Rochefort-Luçay	Pietro Melandri French, 1885–1976	c. 1880	woodwork	Europe	false
Charles-Camille Doucet	Goupil et Cie French, active after 1855	c. 1880	woodwork	Europe	false
Dufaure	Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon French, 1811–1881	1876/84	woodwork	Europe	false
Octave Feuillet (French novelist and playwright, 1821-1890)	Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon French, 1811–1881	1876/84	woodwork	Europe	false
Charles Garnier (French architect, 1825-1898)	Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon French, 1811–1881	1876/84	woodwork	Europe	false
Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (French critic, journalist, and novelist, 1808-1890)	Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon French, 1811–1881	c. 1876	woodwork	Europe	false
Amb. Thomas	Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon French, 1811–1881	1876/84	woodwork	Europe	false
A. E. Nordenskiold (Swedish geologist and mineralogist, born Finland, 1832-1901)	Benque et Klary French, 19th century	c. 1880	woodwork	Europe	false
Jules Janin	Bertall French, 1820–1882	1875/77	woodwork	Europe	false
Paul De Kock	Bertall French, 1820–1882	1875/77	woodwork	Europe	false
Victor Hugo (French novelist, playwright, and poet, 1802-1885)	Bertall et Cie probably French, 19th century	1875/76	woodwork	Europe	false
Alfred Grévin (French caricaturist and costume designer, 1827-1892)	Chambey French, active 19th century	1875/77	woodwork	Europe	false