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London Stereoscopic Company, 1872, Photograph of Henry M Stanley and Kalulu both standing, the former 3/4 face looking to his right, his left hand on pistol case in belt, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/124485
Alexander Gardner, 1872, Portrait (Front) of Mato Wakan or Ma-To-Ican or Ma-To-O-A-Wa-Kan or Ma-To-Wuh-Kan (Medicine Bear) or (Medicine Bear Track) or (Mysterious Grizzly Bear) in Native Dress with Headdress and Bear Claw Necklace and Holding Pipe, Fan and Bag, Photograph, Source requested, LL/54978
Bedford Lemere & Co., 1872, Album No. 1, Photographs taken from Specimens in Royal Architectural Museum [Westminster, Lincoln and Canterbury. Diapers], Albumen print, Victoria and Albert Museum, LL/119362
Bedford Lemere & Co., 1872, Album No. 1, Photographs taken from Specimens in Royal Architectural Museum [Rochester, and St. David's. Arch Mouldings], Albumen print, Victoria and Albert Museum, LL/119364
Bedford Lemere & Co., 1872, Album No. 1, Photographs taken from Specimens in Royal Architectural Museum [Chartres. Cathedral. Various details], Albumen print, Victoria and Albert Museum, LL/119363
Bedford Lemere & Co., 1872, Album No. 1, Photographs taken from Specimens in Royal Architectural Museum [Westminster Abbey. Details of Foliage], Albumen print, Victoria and Albert Museum, LL/119361
Bedford Lemere & Co., 1872, Album No. 1, Photographs taken from Specimens in Royal Architectural Museum [Paris. Notre Dame. Canopies], Albumen print, Victoria and Albert Museum, LL/119360
C.F. Lindberg, 1872, Research assistant and archaeologist Hans Hildebrand, (head of the National Heritage Board in 1879-1907) sitting beside the Rök Stone (Íg 136)., Glass plate negative, Swedish National Heritage Board, LL/35774
Félix Bonfils, 1872, View of the octagonal dome in the courtyard of the great Mosque in Damascus (Syria / Coupole octogone dans la cour de la Grande Mosquée - Damas), Albumen print, Rijksmuseum, LL/78917
Franz Unterbergers Kunsthandlung (Innsbruck), 1872, An Austrian Tyrolean, Carte de visite, Paul Frecker, LL/12041
Henry Beaufoy Merlin (1830-1873) & Charles Bayliss (1850-1897), 1872, Studio and staff of American and Australasian Photographic Company, Hill End, Glass negative, 1/4 plate, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, LL/54723
Henry Beaufoy Merlin (1830-1873) & Charles Bayliss (1850-1897), 1872, Studio and staff of American and Australasian Photographic Company, Hill End, Glass negative, 1/4 plate, detail, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, LL/54722
J.C. Turner studio (London, England), 1872, Chief Buhkwujjenene - Studio portrait of an Ojibwa man (named Buhkujjenene), standing, pictured in front of a painted backdrop., Carte de visite, Pitt Rivers Museum, LL/113090
John K. Hillers, 1872, Cliff at the junction of the Little Colorado [Marble Cañon.], [U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. No. 187], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/109212
John K. Hillers, 1872, Lower-Pa-Ro-Gunt. (Largest Cave Lake.) [Views on Kanab Creek], [U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. No. 005], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/109102
John K. Hillers, 1872, Pa-vai'-o-wits (Lower Lake in Lake Canon) [Kanab Creek Series.], [U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. No. 004], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/109101
John K. Hillers, 1872, Nearer view of the falls in Side Gulch [Grand Cañon], [U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. No. 212], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/109099
John K. Hillers, 1872, Cliff between Marble Cañon and Side Cañon [Marble Cañon], [U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. No. 186], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/109091
Oscar Gustave Rejlander, 1872, Joy, High Spirits, Love, Tender Feelings and Devotion, [Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals], Book plate, heliotype, Archive Farms, LL/114458
Serge Levitsky, 1872, Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, when Tsesarevna, and Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, when Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich, Carte de visite, The Royal Collection, LL/117282
William Bell, 1872, Grand Cañon of the Colorado, [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Geological Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108300
William Bell, 1872, The "Vermillion cliff," a typical plateau edge, as seen from Jacobs Pool, Arizona., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108297
William Bell, 1872, Weathered sandstone, Kanab Wash., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Geological Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108298
William Bell, 1872, Kanab Wash, Colorado basin., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Geological Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108296
William Bell, 1872, Grand Cañon of the Colorado., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Geological Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108295
William Bell, 1872, Limestone walls, Kanab Cañon., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108299
William Bell, 1872, Perched rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Geological Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108293
William Bell, 1872, Kanab Wash, Colorado basin., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Colorado River Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108279
William Bell, 1872, Jacob's Pool, Colorado basin., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Colorado River Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108278
William Bell, 1872, The bath, Kanab Wash., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Colorado River Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108280
William Bell, 1872, Mouth of the Paria, Colorado River; walls 2,100 feet in height., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108281
William Bell, 1872, Kanab Cañon., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Utah Series], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108277
William Bell, 1872, Mouth of the Paria., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Colorado River Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108282
William Bell, 1872, Grand Cañon; Sheavwitz Crossing., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Colorado River Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108283
William Bell, 1872, Sand sculpture, Grand Cañon., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Geological Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108294
William Bell, 1872, Grand Cañon; Sheavwitz Crossing., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Colorado River Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108284
William Bell, 1872, Red Lake, south of Castle Valley., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Utah Series], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108285
William Bell, 1872, Cross-bedded sandstone, Kanab, Utah., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Geological Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108286
William Bell, 1872, Tufa bank, Kanab Wash., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Geological Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108287
William Bell, 1872, Marble Cañon, one of the gorges of the Colorado here, 1,200 feet deep., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108288
William Bell, 1872, Mt. Nebo, from the west., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Utah Series], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108289
William Bell, 1872, Lake Mona., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Utah Series], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108290
William Bell, 1872, Mt. Range, near Castle Valley., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Utah Series], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108291
William Bell, 1872, The Bear, Colorado Plateau., [U.S. War Dept., Corps of Engineers; Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of 100th Meridian, Expedition of 1872; Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, commanding. / Colorado River Series.], Stereoview, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/108292
William Notman, 1872, Yale College, Sheffield Scientific School Class in Library, New Haven, Connecticut, Silver salts on paper, albumen process, composite, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/84323
G.L. Eastman (Fraudulent attribution), 1872 (taken), Chief Medicine Bear [Cheyenne Red Shield Warriors], Postcard image affixed to cabinet card, Private collection of Scott Davis, LL/54977
Eadweard Muybridge, 1872 (taken) 1874 (ca, print), Sphynx Rock and Crossing of the Weber River, near the Devil's Slide, looking east, [Union Pacific Railroad], Stereocard, George Eastman Museum, LL/75264
Eadweard Muybridge, 1872 (taken) 1874 (ca, print), The Pompoms (Jumping Frogs), Three Brothers, 3,830 feet high, [Valley of the Yosemite], Stereocard, George Eastman Museum, LL/75263
Eadweard Muybridge, 1872 (taken) 1874 (ca, print), Pohono, (Spirit of the Wind), Bridal Veil, 930 feet fall., [Valley of the Yosemite], Stereocard, George Eastman Museum, LL/75262
John K. Hillers, 1872, Backmark for "Views on the Colorado River. Marble Cañon Series.", [U.S. topographical and geological survey of the valley of the Colorado River of the west, by J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson. No. 181], Stereoview, back, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/109088
Délié & Béchard, 1872, Book cover for Auguste Mariette "Album du Musée de Boulaq: Comprenant quarante planches photographiées
par MM. Délié et Béchard avec un texte explicatif" (Le Caire: Mourths & Cie, Imprimeurs-Editeurs, 1872), [Album du Musée Boulaq], Book cover, Travellers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA), Rice University, LL/36471
George Mowbray (author), 1872, Book cover for George Mowbray "Tri-Nitro Glycerin, as applied to the Hoosac Tunnel, Submarine Blasting, etc." (North Adams: James T. Robinson & Sons, 1872), Book cover, Margolis & Moss, LL/47432
Gustav Fritsch, 1872, Title page for Gustav Fritsch, 1872, Die Eingeborenen Süd-Afrika's: ethnographisch und anatomisch beschrieben, (Breslau: Ferdinand Hirt), Title page, Google Books, LL/51364
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, "I'm all ready! Fire away!", Book illustration, Google Books, LL/35294
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, All likenesses warranted "Kerrect." No large mouths! No deception!, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/35300
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, "the hull figger for five cents.", Book illustration, Google Books, LL/35299
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, Hurry up! I have the color in his face now, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/35298
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, His hair will not "look well" for a photograph, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/35297
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, We want to git our pictur tuck, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/35296
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, Facial Resemblance between Man and Brute Creation, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/35295
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, Title page of "Trask's Practical Ferrotyper" by A.K.P. Trask (Philadelphia: Benerman & Wilson, 1872), Title page, Google Books, LL/35214
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, Martha's baby, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/35293
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, I'se dot a p'esent for you, Weezy ! Hally's dot a birseday p'esent for you !, Book page, Google Books, LL/34975
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, A Very Simple Dark-Tent, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/34925
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1872, Portrait of a man, Frontispiece, Google Books, LL/35215
H.J. Rodgers, 1872, Title page for H.J. Rodgers "Twenty-three Years Under a Sky-Light, or Life and Experiences of a Photographer" (Hartford: H.J. Rodgers, 1872), Title page, Google Books, LL/35289
H.J. Rodgers, 1872, Frontispiece for H.J. Rodgers "Twenty-three Years Under a Sky-Light, or Life and Experiences of a Photographer" (Hartford: H.J. Rodgers, 1872), Frontispiece, Google Books, LL/35290