Early Photograph Collection (#4)

Queen Victoria and family members
3586381 Queen Victoria and family members; (add.info.: Photograph of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India, whit family members

Richard and Siegfried Wagner
3586350 Richard and Siegfried Wagner; (add.info.: Photograph of German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883) with his son Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930)

Friedrich Tietjen
3586331 Friedrich Tietjen; (add.info.: Photograph of Friedrich Tietjen (1834-1895) a German astronomer and director of Astronomisches Rechen-Institut

Giuseppe Verdi
3586234 Giuseppe Verdi; (add.info.: Photograph of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) an Italian opera composer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Giuseppe Verdi
3586011 Giuseppe Verdi; (add.info.: Photograph of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) an Italian opera composer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Early Photograph of an Orthodox Serbian woman
3521697 Early Photograph of an Orthodox Serbian woman; (add.info.: Early photograph of an Orthodox Serbian woman. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Photographic print of an Amazonian Indian drawing his bow
3521460 Photographic print of an Amazonian Indian drawing his bow; (add.info.: Photographic print of an Amazonian Indian drawing his bow. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Photograph of the prehistoric Mammoth
3522057 Photograph of the prehistoric Mammoth; (add.info.: Photograph of the prehistoric Mammoth. Dated 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG

Photographic portrait of a wealthy Mongol trader
3521213 Photographic portrait of a wealthy Mongol trader; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of a wealthy Mongol trader. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Photograph of the exterior of the inner north fort, captured by French and British
3521145 Photograph of the exterior of the inner north fort, captured by French and British; (add.info.: Photograph of the exterior of the inner north front, captured by French and British)

Photographic portrait of Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
3521143 Photographic portrait of Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Donald Smith)

Photograph of Chinese girls at a mission school
3521096 Photograph of Chinese girls at a mission school; (add.info.: Photograph of Chinese girls at a mission school. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Photographic portrait of Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
3523052 Photographic portrait of Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849-1917)

Example of police records used for the identification of criminals, 1850
3478412 Example of police records used for the identification of criminals, 1850; (add.info.: Example of police records used for the identification of criminals used by the Metropolitan Police)

A young Butch Cassidy, 1850 (b/w photo)
3507240 A young Butch Cassidy, 1850 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Butch Cassidy (1866-1908) an American train robber, bank robber, and leader of the Wild Bunch gang

President Abraham Lincoln, Allan Pinkerton and John Alexander McClernand at Antietam during the American Civil War
3507305 President Abraham Lincoln, Allan Pinkerton and John Alexander McClernand at Antietam during the American Civil War

Barbers near Seraskierrat
2910642 Barbers near Seraskierrat; (add.info.: 1890 Colour photomechanical print of Barbers near Seraskierrat, Constantinople, Turkey. Dated 1890.); Universal History Archive/UIG

LA Gobright, President of Associated Press
2910277 LA Gobright, President of Associated Press; (add.info.: 1865 L.A. Gobright, President of Associated Press. [between 1865 and 1880].); Universal History Archive/UIG

Photograph of a group of M?ori people at Wiroa, New Zealand, 19th century
5309140 Photograph of a group of M?ori people at Wiroa, New Zealand, 19th century; (add.info.: Photograph of a group of Maori people at Wiroa, New Zealand)

Diagram of Louis Daguerre's diorama
5309157 Diagram of Louis Daguerre's diorama; (add.info.: Diagram of Louis Daguerre's diorama. One picture was painted on front of cloth and illuminated by window M)

Marie Curie
5304791 Marie Curie.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934) a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, chemist and the first female Nobel Prize winner. Dated 20th Century

The signal box in Dusseldorf station
5312116 The signal box in Dusseldorf station; (add.info.: Photograph of the signal box in Dusseldorf station. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

William Henry Perkin's portable darkroom
5311932 William Henry Perkin's portable darkroom; (add.info.: Engraving depicting William Henry Perkin's portable darkroom)

A Maori chief
5307706 A Maori chief.; (add.info.: Photograph taken of a Maori chief. The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Diamond reefing in South Africa
5307681 Diamond reefing in South Africa.; (add.info.: Photograph of diamond reefing in South Africa. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

The office of Pierre Curie
5304785 The office of Pierre Curie.; (add.info.: Photograph of the office of Pierre Curie (1859-1906) a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity

Marie Curie
5304783 Marie Curie.; (add.info.: Early Photographic portrait of Marie Curie (1867-1934) a Polish and naturalized-French physicist, chemist and the first female Nobel Prize winner

An engraving depicting a mercury box for developing daguerreotypes, 19th century
5311403 An engraving depicting a mercury box for developing daguerreotypes, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1874); Universal History Archive/UIG

Photographic portrait of Leon Gambetta
3523998 Photographic portrait of Leon Gambetta; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Leon Gambetta (1838-1888) a French statesman, prominent during and after the Franco-Prussian War

Photographic portrait of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
3523974 Photographic portrait of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800-1891) a German Field Marshal

Photographic portrait of Victor Duruy
3523952 Photographic portrait of Victor Duruy; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Victor Duruy (1811-1894) a French historian and statesman. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Photographic portrait of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
3523121 Photographic portrait of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of George Curzon)

Photographic portrait of Emile Olivier
3523957 Photographic portrait of Emile Olivier; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Emile Olivier (1825-1913) a French statesman. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Photographic portrait of Ludwig II of Bavaria
3523944 Photographic portrait of Ludwig II of Bavaria; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Ludwig II of Bavaria ( 1845-1886) King of Bavaria. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Pierre Curie
5304802 Pierre Curie.; (add.info.: Photograph of Pierre Curie (1859-1906) a French physicist, a pioneer in crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity

Farmers ploughing with bullocks and a wooden plough
3732418 Farmers ploughing with bullocks and a wooden plough; (add.info.: Photograph of farmers ploughing with bullocks and a wooden plough in Java, Indonesia)

An early electric locomotive
3734081 An early electric locomotive.; (add.info.: Photograph taken of an early electric locomotive on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ignacy Jan Paderewski
3733762 Ignacy Jan Paderewski.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) a Polish pianist and composer, politician, statesman and spokesman for Polish Independence

William Ramsay
3733487 William Ramsay.; (add.info.: Photograph of William Ramsay (1852-1916) a British chemist who discovered the Nobel Gasses and Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry

Torgeir Audunson
3733533 Torgeir Audunson.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Torgeir Audunson (1801-1872) a Norwegian violinist. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

View of the front of a brass astrolabe
3740624 View of the front of a brass astrolabe; (add.info.: View of the front of a brass astrolabe. An astrolabe is an elaborate inclinometer, used by astronomers and navigators)

Farmers ploughing with bullocks and a wooden plough
3740607 Farmers ploughing with bullocks and a wooden plough; (add.info.: Photograph of farmers ploughing with bullocks and a wooden plough in Java, Indonesia)

Cecil John Rhodes
3733412 Cecil John Rhodes.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) a British businessman, mining magnate, politician and former Prime Minister of the Cape Colony

Henry Augustus Rowland
3733309 Henry Augustus Rowland.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Henry Augustus Rowland (1848-1901) an American physicist and first President of the American Physical Society

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom
3733273 Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom.; (add.info.: Photograph of Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom (1854-1907) a Dutch chemist. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
3733246 Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.; (add.info.: Photograph of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914) a British soldier and successful commander during the 2nd Afghan War

The exterior of Waddesdon Manor
3733223 The exterior of Waddesdon Manor.; (add.info.: Photograph of the exterior of Waddesdon Manor, a country house in the Village of Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England)

Jean Richepin
3732944 Jean Richepin; (add.info.: Photograph of Jean Richepin (1849-1926), a French poet, novelist and dramatist, the son of an army doctor, was born at Medea, French Algeria

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"Capturing History: A Glimpse into the Early Photograph Era" Step back in time with these captivating early photographs, frozen moments that transport us to a bygone era. In this black and white photo, we see Augustus Pugin, an influential figure in architecture, his stern expression hinting at the weight of his creative genius. In another frame, a Mathematical Geography class at Tuskegee Institute delves deep into the mysteries of our planet's rotation around the sun. The students' eager faces reflect their thirst for knowledge and understanding. Meanwhile, a Mathematics class at Tuskegee Institute showcases the power of education as young minds are shaped and nurtured. Their focused expressions reveal determination to conquer complex equations and unlock new realms of possibility. Frances Benjamin Johnston's photographic print captures boys engaged in conversation lessons - a testament to the importance of communication skills even in those early days. These boys will grow up to become leaders who shape society through their words. Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders stand tall and proud in their uniforms, embodying bravery and resilience. This image immortalizes their unwavering spirit during times of conflict. President William McKinley takes on one of his most significant responsibilities - taking the Presidential Oath of Office. His solemn gaze reflects both duty and dedication towards leading a nation through turbulent times. Major Russell Harrison finds solace outside the White House playing with his children - an intimate moment amidst political chaos that reminds us all about family values transcending any position or title held. At the Daughter's of American Revolution Convention stage, women take center stage as they advocate for change during an era when female voices were often silenced or overlooked. Their presence symbolizes progress towards gender equality. A chemistry laboratory scene from Tuskegee Institute reveals scientific exploration unfolding before our eyes - experiments conducted with precision while pushing boundaries for innovation that would shape future generations. Witness history unfold as opening ceremonies commence for US 59th Congress, a gathering of influential minds shaping the nation's destiny.