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Wm. Notman & Son, 1890, William Notman and sons William McF., George and Charles, Montreal, QC, Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/112069
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1890, View showing range of chambers of a building known as the Casa de Monjas or Nunnery, from the south east corner of terrace; man sitting in doorway. Chichén Itzá, Mexico., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89796
Allgemeiner Deutscher Kunst - Verein (Berlin S. W. Friedrich str. 40), 1890, Heringsdorf - Strandleben. (Germany), Stereograph, Private collection of Tomasz Bielawski, LL/115280
Arthur Scheiner (1863-1938), 1890, "Do you really want to be in one photo? That'll be difficult, but we'll do our best. Sit down, please.", [At the Photographer], Cartoon, Private collection of Fr. Gregor, LL/54750
Bernhard Wachtl (supplier), 1890, [Frames for cabinet cards], Catalogue illustration, Albertina, LL/94053
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Maria Magdalena (Amalie Deschler), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12142
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Judas Iscariot (Johann Zwink), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12141
Carl Stockmann, 1890, The Virgin Mary (Rosa Lang), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12140
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Christ (Joseph Mayr), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12139
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Kreuzschleppung [the road to Calvary], [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12138
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Meeting of the High Council, [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12137
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Chorus leader (Jakob Rutz), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12136
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Nathaniel (Seb. Lang), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12135
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Nicodemus (Franz Steinbacher), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12134
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Annas (Franz Rutz), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12133
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Saint Peter (Jacob Hett), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12132
Carl Stockmann, 1890, John the Baptist (Peter Rendl), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12131
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Christ (Joseph Mayr), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12130
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Caiaphas (Bürgermeister Lang), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12143
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Pilate (Thomas Rendl), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12144
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Herod (Johann Diemer), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12145
Carl Stockmann, 1890, Joseph of Arimathea (Martin Oppenrieder), [Erinnerung an Oberammergau 1890 (Souvenir of Oberammergau 1890)], Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12146
E. Long & Son (Quincy, Illinois), 1890, Advert for "E. Long & Son, Solar Printers, No. 528 North Ninth Street, Quincy, Illinois, Advert, Internet - Original source ill-defined, LL/73636
E. Long & Son (Quincy, Illinois), 1890, Advert for "E. Long & Son, Solar Printers, No. 528 North Ninth Street, Quincy, Illinois, Advert, Google Books, LL/73637
E. Solvet, 1890, La Affaire Gouffe, Engraving, Archive Farms, LL/113529
Henry Joseph Rivers, 1890, Haverhill 250th Anniversary Parade, Monument Square, 1890 (with the float of A. W. Anderson, a Haverhill photographer), Black and white negative, roll film, Haverhill Public Library, LL/84063
J.M. Harkless (Star Studio, Valparaiso, Indiana), 1890, A group of six men one of whom is undergoing a mock amputation, Cabinet card, Private collection of Robert E. Jackson, LL/86542
John Werge, 1890, Book title page for John Werge, 1890, The Evolution of Photography, (London, Piper & Carter), Book title page, Archive Farms, LL/107423
R.H.C. Kaisses (Groningen, Netherlands), 1890, Three ladies dressed in Japanese clothing and each with a fan, Cabinet card, Private collection of Maarten Krul, LL/100143
Schnaebeli & Co., 1890, Prize-winning cows and their owners at an agricultural fair, Berlin. 1890, Album cover, Bassenge Photography Auctions, LL/51917
Unidentified photographer, 1890, Portrait of Ali Sami Aközer [Garden of Imperial School of Engineers, Istanbul], Photograph, Private collection of Engin Ozendes, LL/84282
Unidentified photographer, 1890, Ella Chapman. Rice's Surprise Party, [Houseworth's Celebrities], Cabinet card, Ohio State University, Jerome, LL/53038
Unidentified photographer, 1890, Ida Florence, The California Prize Beauty, [Houseworth's Celebrities], Cabinet card, Ohio State University, Jerome, LL/53039
Unidentified photographer, 1890, Alfred Percival Maudslay on a mule in Quiriguá, Guatemala, Photograph, British Museum, LL/109426
Unidentified photographer (Russian ?), 1890, Double portrait of a boy and a girl, Card mounted photograph, hand-painted, Murom History and Art Museum, LL/68907
Unidentified photographer (Slovakia), 1890, Company in front of Tivadar Krausz's studio, including Endre Gelléri lawyer and landowner (Társaság Krausz Tivadar muterme elott, köztük Gelléri Endre ügyvéd és földbirtokos
1890 körül), Photograph, Hungarian National Museum, LL/94245
William Libbey, 1890, Expedition tent with decorations, Christmas tree at entrance, Mexico, Nitrate negative, American Museum of Natural History, LL/54258
Jacob A. Riis, 1890, Book cover for Jacob Riis, 1890, How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York, (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons), Book cover, Swann Galleries - New York, LL/52251
Jacob A. Riis, 1890, Book cover for Jacob August Riis "How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York" (New York: Charles Scribners's Sons, 1890), Book cover, Christie's - New York, LL/28339
Jacob A. Riis, 1890, Book cover for Jacob August Riis "How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York" by Jacob A. Riis (Charles Schribners Publishers, 1890), Book cover, Private collection of Edward Grazda, LL/16693
Peter Henry Emerson, 1890, Book cover for Peter Henry Emerson & T.F. Goodhall 1890, Wild Life on a Tidal Water: the Adventures of a House-Boat and Her Crew, Book cover, Swann Galleries - New York, LL/15954
Seneca Ray Stoddard, 1890, Title page for S.R. Stoddard "Lake George (Ilustrated) and Lake Champlain. A Book of To Day." Revised Annually, Twentieth Edition (N.Y.: Glen Falls, published by the author, 1890), Title page, Google Books, LL/43027