Early Photography Archive
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.
| Photograph | Artist | Date | Technique | Origin | On view |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir J. Montagu Steele (1820-1890), Military Secretary, Crimea | Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Sir Henry William Barnard (1799-1857), General, Chief of Staff; Taken at the Crimea | Roger Fenton English, 1819–1869 | 1855 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Group at Niagara falls) | Artist unknown probably American, 19th century | c. 1860 |
| Americas | false |
| Savoie 41, Tunnel de la Tête Noire | Auguste-Rosalie Bisson French, 1826–1900 | 1855/67 |
| Europe | false |
| Vienne St. Colombe | Édouard Baldus French, born Germany, 1813–1889 | c. 1861 |
| — | false |
| Church of the Madeleine (Eglise de la Madeleine) | Édouard Baldus French, born Germany, 1813–1889 | c. 1860 |
| Europe | false |
| Prince Imperial | André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri French, 1819–1889 | c. 1860 |
| Europe | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Child) | Jeremiah Gurney American, 1812-1895 | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man) | Allen's Gallery (Amos Morrel Allen) American, 1823-1900 | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portait of a Woman and a Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Seated Girl) | Lorenzo G. Chase active 1844-1856? | 1855 |
| other | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man) | E. H. Hale (possibly L. H.) American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man and a Boy) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (The Coit Family) | S. L. Holman American, 19th century | 1855/56 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (George Coit) | S. L. Holman American, 19th century | 1855/56 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Painted Portrait of Charles Coit) | S. L. Holman American, 19th century | 1855/56 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Tableaux) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (New York Militiamen) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Two Men Wearing Straw Hats) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Two Men with Top Hats) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Five Men) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Two Women and One Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Two Men with Top Hats) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Two Men) | Jesse Harrison Whitehurst American, 1819–1875 | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Group of Carpenters) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Two Standing Men Carrying Trunks) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man with a Top Hat) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of Seated Man, Wearing a Hat with a Feather) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man with a Pipe) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man Holding a Guitar) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Man) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Post Mortem Portrait of a Baby) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Post-Mortem Portrait of a Girl) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Boy on a Horse) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Untitled (Portrait of a Nude Woman) | Unknown maker American, 19th century | 1855 |
| Americas | false |
| Cloud's Rest, Yosemite, Cal. | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855–1875 | 1855/75 |
| Americas | false |
| Merced River, Yosemite, Cal. | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855–1875 | 1855/75 |
| Americas | false |
| Mt. Hoffman, Yosemite, Cal. | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855–1875 | 1855/75 |
| Americas | false |
| Ascending Mt. Washington | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| Almost there --- Lizzie Bourne Monument | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| Birds of New England | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| Franconia Notch from Echo Lake | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| Home! Thy Joys are passing Lovely | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| Willey House | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| Untitled | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| Profile House, Franconia Notch | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| Trout | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |
| Navy Yard, Washington D.C. | Kilburn Brothers American, active 1855-1875 | 1855/75 |
| other | false |