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Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, Polishing the plate, Book illustration, Private collection, LL/33126
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, Coating the plate, Book illustration, Private collection, LL/33127
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, Sensitizing the plate, Book illustration, Private collection, LL/33128
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, Developing the plate, Book illustration, Private collection, LL/33129
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, Title page for Charles Garnier, "Le Nouvel Opera de Paris par Charles Garnier, Volume 1", (Paris: Ducher et Cie, 1878), Title page, Source requested, LL/40951
Charles Marville, 1878, Louvre, (ancienne cour. escalier du Dr. [i.e. Dire´cte´ur General]) no. 64, [Ville de Paris. Collection des appareils d'e´clairage au gaz e´tablis sur la voie publique], Albumen print, State Library of Victoria, LL/81813
Charles Marville, 1878, Ave de l'Opera - bouquet a` 3 branches avec Inscription des nos des Maisons. no. 6, [Ville de Paris. Collection des appareils d'e´clairage au gaz e´tablis sur la voie publique], Albumen print, State Library of Victoria, LL/81781
Charles Marville, 1878, Bouquet a` 3 branches avec Inscription des noms des rues. no. 5, [Ville de Paris. Collection des appareils d'e´clairage au gaz e´tablis sur la voie publique], Albumen print, State Library of Victoria, LL/81761
Charles Marville, 1878, Cha^let des petits marcds. [i.e.marchands] du Square des Arts et Me´tiers. No. 10, [Ville de Paris. Collection des appareils d'e´clairage au gaz e´tablis sur la voie publique], Albumen print, State Library of Victoria, LL/81844
J.F. Stiehm, 1878, Gezicht op Oberammergau en de Kobelsptize / Ober-Ammergau und Kobelspitze (title on object), [Oberbayern & Tyrol], Stereoview, Rijksmuseum, LL/114876
Judd & McLeish, 1878, Front cover for H.P. Smith; Judd & McLeish (photographers), 1878, Syracuse and Its Surroundings., (Syracuse: Hamilton Child, Publisher, Journal Building), Book cover, James E. Arsenault & Company, LL/106332
Judd & McLeish, 1878, Front cover for H.P. Smith; Judd & McLeish (photographers), 1878, Syracuse and Its Surroundings., (Syracuse: Hamilton Child, Publisher, Journal Building), Book cover, James E. Arsenault & Company, LL/106331
Kunichika Toyohara (artist, 1835-1900), 1878, A beautiful woman, Kogiku, looking at photographic portraits (cartes de visite with the stamp of Uchida Kuichi), possibly of her admirers, Woodcut, colour, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LL/73786
Léon Vidal, 1878, Miroir de Marie de Medicis, [Le Trésor Artistique de la France, Musée national du Louvre], Photochromie, Archive Farms, LL/129639
Étienne Jules Marey, 1878, Book cover for Étienne Jules Marey "La machine animale. Locomotion terrestre et aérienne" (Paris: Librairie Germer Baillière - Bibliothèque Scientifique Internationale, 1878), Book cover, Ader Nordmann, LL/47246
George B. Ayres (author), 1878, Example page from George B. Ayres, "How to Paint Photographs in Water Colors and in Oil - How to Work in Crayon - Make the Chromo-Photograph - Retouch Negatives and Instructions in Ceramic Painting…", (New York: Daniel Appleton & Company, 1878), Example page, Private collection of Rob Oechsle, LL/39737
George B. Ayres (author), 1878, Example page from George B. Ayres, "How to Paint Photographs in Water Colors and in Oil - How to Work in Crayon - Make the Chromo-Photograph - Retouch Negatives and Instructions in Ceramic Painting…", (New York: Daniel Appleton & Company, 1878), Example page, Private collection of Rob Oechsle, LL/39736
George B. Ayres (author), 1878, Example page from George B. Ayres, "How to Paint Photographs in Water Colors and in Oil - How to Work in Crayon - Make the Chromo-Photograph - Retouch Negatives and Instructions in Ceramic Painting…", (New York: Daniel Appleton & Company, 1878), Example page, Private collection of Rob Oechsle, LL/39738
George B. Ayres (author), 1878, Title page for George B. Ayres, "How to Paint Photographs in Water Colors and in Oil - How to Work in Crayon - Make the Chromo-Photograph - Retouch Negatives and Instructions in Ceramic Painting…", (New York: Daniel Appleton & Company, 1878), Title page, Private collection of Rob Oechsle, LL/39735
George B. Ayres (author), 1878, Example page from George B. Ayres, "How to Paint Photographs in Water Colors and in Oil - How to Work in Crayon - Make the Chromo-Photograph - Retouch Negatives and Instructions in Ceramic Painting…", (New York: Daniel Appleton & Company, 1878), Example page, Private collection of Rob Oechsle, LL/39739
George B. Ayres (author), 1878, Example page from George B. Ayres, "How to Paint Photographs in Water Colors and in Oil - How to Work in Crayon - Make the Chromo-Photograph - Retouch Negatives and Instructions in Ceramic Painting…", (New York: Daniel Appleton & Company, 1878), Example page, Private collection of Rob Oechsle, LL/39740
George B. Ayres (author), 1878, Book cover for George B. Ayres, "How to Paint Photographs in Water Colors and in Oil - How to Work in Crayon - Make the Chromo-Photograph - Retouch Negatives and Instructions in Ceramic Painting…", (New York: Daniel Appleton & Company, 1878), Book cover, Private collection of Rob Oechsle, LL/39734
George B. Ayres (author), 1878, Example page from George B. Ayres, "How to Paint Photographs in Water Colors and in Oil - How to Work in Crayon - Make the Chromo-Photograph - Retouch Negatives and Instructions in Ceramic Painting…", (New York: Daniel Appleton & Company, 1878), Example page, Private collection of Rob Oechsle, LL/39741
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, The Dark Room, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/34549
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, A Dark Tent, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/34550
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, [E.W. Blake Jr. - Articulate Vibrations], Magazine plate, Google Books, LL/39536
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, [E.W. Blake Jr. - Articulate Vibrations], Magazine plate, Google Books, LL/39535
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, Niederwyl, Book plate, from a photograph, Google Books, LL/36963
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, Photograph vendors of Cairo, Book page, Google Books, LL/36012
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, Exchange Column: A dark tent, Rouch's pattern, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/34926
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, The "Patent Banner Album" introduced by Koch Sones & Co., Magazine page, Google Books, LL/34959
Unidentified photographer / artist, 1878, The "Patent Banner Album" introduced by Koch Sones & Co., Magazine page, Google Books, LL/34960
1878, A.M. Collins, Son & Co. Manufacturers of Photographic Card Stock, Advert, Google Books, LL/34489
1878, Advert for Photographers' Posing Apparatus and Requisites, Decorative Art and Medium Furniture, Fine Piano Stools, etc. C.A. Schindler & Sons, P.O. Box 63, West Hoboken, N.J., Advert, Google Books, LL/34488
1878, Exquisite Velvet Frames adapted for Photographic Miniatures, manufactured by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 Broadway, N.Y., Advert, Google Books, LL/34490
1878, Advert for Wilson, Hood & Co. - Window Chair with a raw silk cover, Price $23, Advert, Google Books, LL/34558
1878, Advert for Wilson, Hood & Co., Advert, Google Books, LL/34557
J.B. Silvis, 1878, Mr.J.B. Silvis - owner of a photographic car traveling over the Union Pacific Railroad, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/36541
J. Burki, 1878, Piles of the Lake Dwelling of Möringen (Bronze Age) Copied by permission of J. Bürki Esq. of Bern from a Photograph, Book plate, from a photograph, Google Books, LL/36964